"This volume looks at the concept of the 'local' in Indian history. Through a case study of Bengal, it studies how worldwide currents-be it colonial governance, pedagogic practices, or intellectual rhythms-simultaneously inform and interact with particular local idioms to produc…
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"This volume looks at the concept of the 'local' in Indian history. Through a case study of Bengal, it studies how worldwide currents-be it colonial governance, pedagogic practices, or intellectual rhythms-simultaneously inform and interact with particular local idioms to produc…
Frank David Ascoli's Revenue History of Sundarbans during the Period 1870- 1920 looks at the area bounded on the north by the limits of Permanent Settlement in 24-Parganas, Khulna and Bakarganj districts and on the south by the sea face stretching from the Hughli estuary to the …
"This is a fascinating autobiography set before the partition of the subcontinent. Kali Prasad Ghosh belonged to a zamindar or landed family in Bengal. He joined the Congress movement and later, in the 1920s, became more radical. He was brought up as an intellectual but, in the …
"This is a fascinating autobiography set before the partition of the subcontinent. Kali Prasad Ghosh belonged to a zamindar or landed family in Bengal. He joined the Congress movement and later, in the 1920s, became more radical. He was brought up as an intellectual but, in the …
"This is a fascinating autobiography set before the partition of the subcontinent. Kali Prasad Ghosh belonged to a zamindar or landed family in Bengal. He joined the Congress movement and later, in the 1920s, became more radical. He was brought up as an intellectual but, in the …
"This book examines the performance of Bauls 'folk' performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses. Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti eng…
"This book examines the performance of Bauls 'folk' performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses. Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti eng…
"This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy, and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, orientalist scholars, Christian missionaries, and pre-colonial literary texts like the Mangalkavya to …
"This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy, and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, orientalist scholars, Christian missionaries, and pre-colonial literary texts like the Mangalkavya to …
"This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy, and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, orientalist scholars, Christian missionaries, and pre-colonial literary texts like the Mangalkavya to …
"This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy, and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, orientalist scholars, Christian missionaries, and pre-colonial literary texts like the Mangalkavya to …