Author: Bengal (India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Final Report on the Survey and Settlement Operations in the District of Dinajpur, 1934-1940
Author: Bengal (India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia
Author: Taj Ul-islam Hashmi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000238490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
"During a substantial stay in some East Bengal villages in the summer of 1971, when East Pakistan was in the traumatic process of being transformed into Bangladesh, it first dawned upon me that peasants were not stupid, devoid of political consciousness. Discussions with different types of peasants revealed that at least the upper echelons were aware of the implications of the liberation struggle for Bangladesh and the superpower involvement in it. Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi were familiar names. Ordinary peasants often quoted the Bengali news readers and commentators of the BBC world service and the Voice of America. Well-to-do peasants who owned transistor radio sets regularly tuned into the British, American and Indian radio stations. Many inquisitive and worried peasants asked me (then a fresh graduate from Dhaka University) how their cherished Sonar Bangla (golden Bengal) would improve their socio-economic conditions. Many peasants also took part in the liberation struggle as members of the Mukti Bahini or freedom fighters. Almost everyone, with a few exceptions who collaborated with the Pakistan armed forces, was a keen supporter of Bangladesh. After the emergence of Bangladesh, things did not change to the expectations of the masses, but rather deteriorated so much that Henry Kissinger is said to have coined the phrase ''bottomless basket"" as a denotation for Bangladesh, because of the rampant corruption of a big section of the Bengali bourgeoisie at that time. I was provoked to write the history of the peasants' glorious role in the Liberation Struggle which was being overshadowed by claims and counter-claims of heroism and sacrifice by members of the privileged, parasitical urban elites. This work may be regarded as a prelude to the history of the freedom struggle that eventually led to the creation of Bangladesh. This is an attempt to shed light on the peasant politics, almost synonymous with Muslim politics in the region, during the significant period between 1920 and 194 7 when East Bengal was going through the political process that culminated in the creation of East Pakistan in 194 7."
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000238490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
"During a substantial stay in some East Bengal villages in the summer of 1971, when East Pakistan was in the traumatic process of being transformed into Bangladesh, it first dawned upon me that peasants were not stupid, devoid of political consciousness. Discussions with different types of peasants revealed that at least the upper echelons were aware of the implications of the liberation struggle for Bangladesh and the superpower involvement in it. Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi were familiar names. Ordinary peasants often quoted the Bengali news readers and commentators of the BBC world service and the Voice of America. Well-to-do peasants who owned transistor radio sets regularly tuned into the British, American and Indian radio stations. Many inquisitive and worried peasants asked me (then a fresh graduate from Dhaka University) how their cherished Sonar Bangla (golden Bengal) would improve their socio-economic conditions. Many peasants also took part in the liberation struggle as members of the Mukti Bahini or freedom fighters. Almost everyone, with a few exceptions who collaborated with the Pakistan armed forces, was a keen supporter of Bangladesh. After the emergence of Bangladesh, things did not change to the expectations of the masses, but rather deteriorated so much that Henry Kissinger is said to have coined the phrase ''bottomless basket"" as a denotation for Bangladesh, because of the rampant corruption of a big section of the Bengali bourgeoisie at that time. I was provoked to write the history of the peasants' glorious role in the Liberation Struggle which was being overshadowed by claims and counter-claims of heroism and sacrifice by members of the privileged, parasitical urban elites. This work may be regarded as a prelude to the history of the freedom struggle that eventually led to the creation of Bangladesh. This is an attempt to shed light on the peasant politics, almost synonymous with Muslim politics in the region, during the significant period between 1920 and 194 7 when East Bengal was going through the political process that culminated in the creation of East Pakistan in 194 7."
Bengal, Past & Present
Bengal Divided
Author: Joya Chatterji
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An original and compelling account of the Hindu partitionist movement in Bengal.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An original and compelling account of the Hindu partitionist movement in Bengal.
A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995
Author: Ranajit Guha
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816627592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Subaltern Studies Collective, founded in 1982, was begun with the goal of examining the subsequent history of colonized countries. This new group of essays from the Collective's founders chart the course of subaltern history from early peasant revolts and insurgency to more complex processes of domination and subordination in a variety of changing institutions and practices.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816627592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Subaltern Studies Collective, founded in 1982, was begun with the goal of examining the subsequent history of colonized countries. This new group of essays from the Collective's founders chart the course of subaltern history from early peasant revolts and insurgency to more complex processes of domination and subordination in a variety of changing institutions and practices.
Riots And Victims
Author: Patricia A. Gossman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000310167
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of several protracted violent conflicts and the eruption of ethnic and communal violence in countries such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. Riots and Victims challenges the popular academic interpretation of such events as examples of tribal slaughter or spontaneous eruptions, fueled by historic conflict between religious and ethnic communities. This book examines the origins and consequences of the violence that occurred between the Muslim and Hindu communities in pre-partition Bengal, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Pakistan. Gossman argues that communal violence and communal identity were not merely the consequences of long-term animosities, but rather ploys orchestrated by mid-level politicians for their own advancement and aggrandizement. Riots and Victims introduces new analyses of local violence and identity, and explores issues of far-reaching importance.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000310167
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of several protracted violent conflicts and the eruption of ethnic and communal violence in countries such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. Riots and Victims challenges the popular academic interpretation of such events as examples of tribal slaughter or spontaneous eruptions, fueled by historic conflict between religious and ethnic communities. This book examines the origins and consequences of the violence that occurred between the Muslim and Hindu communities in pre-partition Bengal, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Pakistan. Gossman argues that communal violence and communal identity were not merely the consequences of long-term animosities, but rather ploys orchestrated by mid-level politicians for their own advancement and aggrandizement. Riots and Victims introduces new analyses of local violence and identity, and explores issues of far-reaching importance.
Political Economy and Protest in Colonial India
Author: Chittabrata Palit
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Contributed articles.
West Bengal District Gazetteers: Dinajpur (West Dinajpur)
Author: West Bengal (India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Perspectives in Social Sciences
Author: Barun De
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Perspectives in Social Sciences 2
Author: Asok Sen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description