Assam has been in the news recently, as well as the broader Northeast, as a site of protest against the recent citizenship bill passed in the Lok Sabha. These are a few works that can help situate the politics of Assam in a broader historical perspective:
Sanjib Baruah, India Against Itself and Durable Disorder
Udayon Misra, The Periphery Strikes Back
BG Verghese, India’s Northeast Resurgent
Sanjoy Hazarika, Strangers of the Mist
Myron Weiner, Sons of the Soil
Monirul Hussain, The Assam Movement
Deeka Meeta, Student Movements in Assam
Nani Mahanta, Confronting the State
S.K. Chaube, Hill Politics in Northeast India
Paul Staniland 