Mapping the Path to Maturity: A Connected History of Bengal and the North-East

ISBN-13: 9781138490949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 332 str.

Opis

This book delves into varied aspects of the history of Bengal and North-east situated within a time frame of more than a hundred years, from the colonial times to the present. The individual essays deal with ideas, literary texts, politics, gender, industries, culture, health, sports and tribal issues relevant to these regions.
This volume would be indispensable for scholars of literature, history, film studies, political science and contemporary studies in South Asia.

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Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Colonialism and Public Health in Rarh Bengal: Development and Underdevelopment ; 2. Ladies’ Parliament: Literary Representation of a Site of Female Interaction in Colonial Rural Bengal; 3. Indians and Europeans in Coal Business: Conflict of Interest in the Bengal Coalfield, 1900-1947; 4.   Potter’s Craft: A Traditional Sector in Colonial Bengal; 5.  Genealogies of Sports Associations in Bengal: Historicising the Institutionalization of European Clubs with Native Akharas; 6. The Missionary Among the Khasis; 7. Swarnakumari Devi: A Trend Setter in Colonial Bengal; 8. Family Health and Dissemination of Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth Century India; 9. His Nest and His Sky: Rabindranath Tagore, Women and the Idea of the Feminine; 10. Too Long a Prelude? The Formative Century of Bengali Theatre; 11. Revisiting a Marginalized Community: The Bone-setters of Bengal;  12. On Identity, State and Conflict in North-east India; 13. What, Drawn, and Talk of Peace! Security, Development and the Autonomy Question in the Indian North-east 285; Parama: a Journey from Society to ‘Self ’