The present history of West Bengal : essays in political criticism /
by Chatterjee, Partha.
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BookPublisher: Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: xiv, 223 p. : maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0195639456.Subject(s): West Bengal (India) -- Politics and government| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Dhaka University Library General Stacks | Non Fiction | 954.14 CHP (Browse shelf) | Available | 426800 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Heritage We Dare Not Renounce -- 2. The Fruits of Macaulay's Poison Tree -- 3. The Second Partition of Bengal -- 4. Agrarian Transformation in Bengal: Class Structure and Class Struggle -- 5. Caste and Politics in West Bengal -- 6. The Naxalbari Legacy -- 7. Critique from Within -- 8. The Land and the Nation -- 9. Communists in Power -- 10. Discipline and Development / Partha Chatterjee, Pradip Kumar Bose and Ranabir Samaddar -- 11. The Political Culture of Calcutta -- 12. Our Modernity.
Is it possible to write history alongside historical events? This is the question the author tries to grapple with in these essays, which study patterns of agrarian transformation in West Bengal and Bangladesh, caste and politics in Bengal, CPI(M) party organization, culture, the legacy of Naxalbari, and political strategy for agrarian change. Students of politics, sociology and history, and journalists will find this book essential reading. It will also interest, and even fascinate, the general reader.
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