Reprint "Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands"

We are happy to announce that Markus Viehbeck's (ISTB University of Vienna) collected volume, focussing on Kalimpong as "Contact Zone", has been reprinted by Vajra Books:
Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands - Kalimpong as a "Contact Zone"
The volume, originally published by Heidelberg University Publishing, is also digitally available: Open Acces
This collaborative study investigates the hill station of Kalimpong and the larger Eastern Himalayan borderlands as a paradigmatic case of a “contact zone.” Using a plethora of local and global historical sources, the contributing essays follow the pathways of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
The volume provides not only a nuanced historiography of Kalimpong and its adjacent areas, but also a conceptual model for studying transcultural processes in borderland spaces and their colonial and post-colonial dynamics.