"This volume discusses, for the first time, the nature of the interaction between western medical science and local knowledge and practices in late 19th-century Bengal through excerpts from important Bengali medical and scientific journals published between 1850 and 1900. The ar…
"With its meticulous and extensive use of archival data and secondary sources and presenting a fresh perspective on understanding communalism in present-day India, this book will be of immense value to students and scholars of history, political science and sociology, especially…
"This book, based on photographs taken in Bengal during the period 1875-1915, aims to introduce a new dimension to the experience of colonialism and reconstructs a history of growing urban Bengali middle-class society. Using rare archival photographs, Re-visioning the Past shows…