Caste, protest and identity in colonial India :

Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara.

Caste, protest and identity in colonial India : the Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947 / Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. - 2nd ed., with new postscript. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xvi, 363 p. : map ; 23 cm.

"This edition for sale only in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliography and index.

1 The Namasudras a socio-economic profile 2 Beginnings of social protest and construction of the community c 1872-1905 3 Social mobility and politics in the Swadeshi era 1905-1911 4 Continuing alienation in an age of mass politics 1912-1925 5 Constitutional politics and a fissured community 1925-1937 6 From alienation to integration 1937-1947 the leaders 7 From alienation to integration 1937-1947: the peasants Conclusion Postscript the Namasudras in post-partition West Bengal Notes Bibliography Index

9780198075967 0198075960


Caste
Namasudras.
Minorities--India.--Political activity.

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