Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia: The Communalization of Class Politics in East Bengal, 1920-1947

ISBN-13: 9780367297619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 309 str.

Taj Ul Hashmi

Opis

This study is an attempt to show how religious, kinship and factional ties cut across class alignments, leading to the communalization of class struggle between the peasants and the exploiting classes in East Bengal during 1920-1947.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Map 1 East Bengal: Land-Tenure and Areas under Peasant Movements -- Map 2 Rice Production in East Bengal: Surplus, Self-supporting and Defu:it Districts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Village Community, Land System and Politics in East Bengal: A Background -- 3 Mobilization for Insurgency: Peasants in the Khilafat Movement, 1920-22 -- 4 The Communalization of Class Struggle, 1923-29 -- 5 Rebellion to Conciliation: The Capitulation of the Krishak and the Ascendancy of the Proja, 1929-36 -- 6 The Eclipse of the Proja and the Ascendancy of the Ashraf, 1937-41 -- 7 The Struggle for a Peasant Utopia: The Tanka, Tebhaga and Pakistan Movements, 1942-47 -- 8 Conclusions -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.