The politics of caste in West Bengal

Table of contents;
Acknowledgements;
List of Illustrations and Figures;
List of Tables;
List of Abbreviations;
Glossary;
INTRODUCTION;
Uday Chandra, Geir Heierstad and Kenneth Bo Nielsen Part I: CASTE AND COLONIALISM;
1. Kol, Coolie, Colonial Subject: A Hidden History of Caste and the Making of Modern Bengal Uday Chandra ;
2. Another History: Bhadralok Responses to Dalit Political Assertion in Colonial Bengal Sarbani Bandyopadhyay Part II: PARTITION AND THE MAKING OF A MODERN CASTE SOCIETY;
3. Partition, Displacement and the Decline of the Scheduled Caste Movement in West Bengal Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury;
4. Partition and the Mysterious Disappearance of Caste in Bengal Partha Chatterjee;
5. An Absent-Minded Casteism? Dwaipayan Sen Part III: CASTE AND POPULAR POLITICS;
6. The Politics of Caste and Class in Singur's Anti-Land Acquisition Struggle Kenneth Bo Nielsen ;
7. Building up the Harichand-Guruchand Movement: The Politics of the Matua Mahasangha Praskanva Sinharay;
8. Transformative Politics: The Imaginary of the Mulnibasi in West Bengal Indrajit Roy Part IV: CASTE, STRATIFICATION AND THE ECONOMY;
9. from Client to Supporter: Economic Change and the Slow Change of Social Identity in Rural West Bengal Arild Engelsen Ruud;
10. Craft, Identity, Hierarchy: The Kumbhakars of Bengal Moumita Sen;
11. The Commodification of Caste and Politics in Kolkata's Kumartuli Geir Heierstad;
About the Editors;
Notes on Contributors;