Caste, protest and identity in colonial India the Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947

Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar

Caste, protest and identity in colonial India the Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947 by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - 2nd ed. - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2011 - xvi, 363p.: maps.; 22.5 cm.

Includes notes, bibliography and index.

Introduction -- The Namasudras: a socio-economic profile -- Beginnings of social protest and construction of the community, c1872-1905 -- Social mobility and politics in the Swadeshi era, 1905-1911 -- Continuing alienation in an age of mass politics, 1912-1925 -- Constitutional politics and a fissured community, 1925-1937 -- From alienation to integration, 1937-1947: the leaders -- From alienation to integration, 1937-1947: the peasants -- Conclusion -- Postscript: the Namasudras in post-partition West Bengal

0198075960 Rs.845.00 9780198075967


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