Mostly About Bengal

Essays in Modern South Asian History

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This volume contains essays Mostly About Bengal written by the author over a period of fifteen years: 1. The Regional Elites: A Theory of Modern Indian History 2. The Partition of Bengal: A Problem in British Administration, 1830-1912 3. A Plea for the Study of the Indian Provincial Legislatures 4. The Vote and the Transfer of Power: A Study of the Bengal General Election, 1912-1913 5. The Forgotten Majority: The Bengal Muslims and September 1918 6. The Non-Cooperation Decision of 1920: A Crisis in Bengal Politics 7. Four Lives: History as Biography 8. Gandhi: A Twentieth-century Anomaly? 9. The Social and Institutional Bases of Politics in Bengal, 1906-1947 10. Peasant Mobilization in Twentieth-century Bengal 11. The Rural Parvenu: A Report of Research in Progress These articles were published in different journals outside India which were hard to get in India.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-01
Mått:203 x 254 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 000 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:265
Förlag:Manohar Publishers and Distributors
ISBN:9789390035069

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John Broomfield was Professor of modern Indian history at the University of Michigan for twenty years and has written extensively on the impact of the modern West on non-Western peoples.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface vii Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xiii 1. The Regional Elites: A Theory Of Modern Indian History 1 Appendix A 15 2. The Partition Of Bengal: A Problem In British Administration, 1830-1912 26 3. A Plea For The Study Of The Indian Provincial Legislatures 41 4. The Vote And The Transfer Of Power: A Study Of The Bengal General Election, 1912-1913 54 5. The Forgotten Majority: The Bengal Muslim And September 1918 84 6. The Non-Cooperation Decision Of 1920: A Crisis In Bengal Politics 118 7. Four Lives: History As Biography 158 8. Gandhi: A Twentieth-Century Anomaly 1839. The Social And Institutional Bases Of Politics In Bengal, 1906-1947 19710. Peasant Mobilization In Twentieth Century Bengal 215Appendix B 11. The Rural Parvenu: A Report Of Research In Progress 240Select Bibliography 259