Aspects of Bengali History and Society 9780824891336
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Contents
Introduction
Hinduism and Islam in Medieval Bengal
Norms of Family Life and Personal Morality among the Bengali Hindu Elite, 1600-1850
Economic Foundations of the Bengal Renaissance
The Universal Man and the Yellow Dog: The Orientalist Legacy and the Problem of Brahmo Identity in the Bengal Renaissance
The Reinterpretation of Dharma in Nineteenth- Century Bengal: Righteous Conduct for Man in the Modern World
Bengal and Britain: Culture Contact and the Reinterpretation of Hinduism in the Nineteenth Century
The Social and Institutional Bases of Politics in Bengal, 1906-1947
Bengal's Pre-1905 Congress Leadership and Hindu Society
A Public Policy Profile on Rural Development in Bengal
A Bibliographic Essay on Bengal Studies in The United States
Index
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ASIAN STUDIES A T HAWAII, NO.
12
Aspects of Bengali History and Society Rachel Van M. Baumer Editor
ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
THE UNIVERSITY
PRESS OF HAWAII
Copyright © 1975 by The University Press of Hawaii All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Aspects of Bengali history and society. (Asian studies at Hawaii; no. 12) "Essays delivered by most of the guest speakers in a seminar on Bengal convened in the spring of 1972 at the University of Hawaii." Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Bengal—Civilization—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Bengal—History—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Baumer, Rachel Van M., 1928ed. II. Series. DS3.A2A82 no. 12 [DS485.B44] 915.4'14'03 73-90491 ISBN 0-8248-0318-3
Dedicated to the memory of our colleagues whose lives and fruitful scholarship were cut off during the independence struggle in Bangladesh.
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