Author: Anil Chandra BanerjeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Agrarian System of Bengal: 1793-1955
Author: Anil Chandra BanerjeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Agrarian Structure and Peasant Movements in Colonial and Post-independence India
Author: Arun GhoshPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Changing World of Caste and Hierarchy in Bengal
Author: Sudarshana BhaumikPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000641430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
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 Mangalkavyas to show how the concept of caste emerged and argues that the jati order in Bengal was far from being a rigidly reified structure, but one which had room for spatial and social mobility. The volume highlights the processes through which popular myths and beliefs of the lower caste orders of Bengal were Sanskritized. It delineates the linkages between sedantized peasant culture and the emergence of new agricultural castes in colonial Bengal. Moreover, the author discusses a wide spectrum of issues like marginality and hierarchy, the spread of Brahmanical hegemony, the creation of deities and the process of Sanskritization, popular Saivism, the cult of Manasa in Bengal and the revolt of 1857 and the caste question. Rich in archival sources, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of colonial history, Indian history, political sociology, caste studies, exclusion studies, cultural studies, social history, cultural history and South Asian studies, especially those interested in undivided Bengal.
The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies
Author: Our Laws, Their Lands
Author: Jaap de MoorPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825820978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
" The European colonial powers imposed their land laws on many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These were often at variance with indigenous customs regulating land use. After attaining independence the new states mostly adhered to the colonial laws and did not revert to earlier customary law. The present volume contains contributions to a conference supported by the European Science Foundation and held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg in November 1991. The countries discussed by the authors include several West African states, India and Indonesia in Asia and Mexico and Surinam in Latin America. The volume should be of interest to anthropologists and historians as well as to law scholars. Dietmar Rothermund ist Professor für die Geschichte Südasiens am Südasien-Institut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Jap de Moor arbeitet am Centre for the History of European Expansion, Universität Leiden, Niederlande. "
The Decline of the Bengal Zamindars
Author: Chitta PandaPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Chitta Panda examines the interaction between the landed aristocracy in nineteenth-century Bengal and colonial rule. With reference to Midnapore district the book questions the standard assumption that, as collaborators, Zamindars prospered under colonial rule, and argues that they passed through a prolonged crisis in the period 1870-1920, with a gradual decline in their social power.
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
Author: Land Reforms in India, Theory and Practice
Author: Bikram SarkarPublisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788170242604
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Land, Peasantry, and Peasant Life in India
Author: S. Jeyaseela StephenPublisher:
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Category : Land tenure
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Some Aspects of Socio-economic Changes in South Western Frontier Bengal Since Introduction of Neo-Vaiṣṇavism
Author: Bishnupada DasPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Study Attempts To Reconstruct The Social History Of The Region Of The South-Western Frontier Bengal Comprising The Western Frontier Bengal Comprising The Western Jungles Of Midnapur And The Fringe Areas Of Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj And Balasore Districts Of The Neighbouring Provinces Of Bihar And Orissa. The Emphasis Is On The Interaction Of The Cultures Of Diverse Social Groups Of The Region Particularly The Impact Of Neo Vaisnavism (Syamanandi Sect); Social And Economic Consequences Of The Maratha Incursions And Different Types Of Zamindari Rights In The Region.