Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi, 1938-

The defining moments in Bengal, 1920-1947 / Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xvi, 403 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-381) and index.

Content :
Abbreviations
1. Reinventing Bengal: the 1920s
2. The Gender Question and the New Bhadra-Mahila
3. Affinity and Its Denial: Caste and Communal Identities
4. The Logic of Fission: Muslim Identity and Its Contestation
5. Gandhian Politics and Its Alternatives: 1920-1935
6. The Politics of Exclusion: 1936-1946
7. The Warning Signals: the Crises of the 1940s
8. 'The Edge of a Volcano': 1946-1947
9. 'Division of Hearts': Last Days of United Bengal
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

9780198098942 0198098944

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

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Bengal (India)--History--20th century.
Bengal (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
Bengal (India)--Economic conditions--20th century.
Bengal (India)--Social conditions--20th century.

DS485.B49 / B484 2014

954.14 BHA