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The decline of the caste question. Jogendranath Mandal and the defeat of Dalit politics in Bengal /
This revisionist history of caste politics in twentieth-century Bengal argues that the decline of caste-based politics in the region was as much the result of coercion as of consent. It traces this process through the political career of Jogendranath Mandal, the leader of the Dalit movement in easte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Castelessness in Mid-Twentieth-Century Bengal; 1 Jogendranath Mandal, the Politics of Caste, and Provincial Autonomy, 1932-1937; 2 Representation, Education, and Agrarian Reform: Jogendranath Mandal and the Demands of Dalit Politics, 1937-1943; 3 A Separate Political Existence: The Making of the Bengal Scheduled Castes Federation, 1943-1945.
- 4 "No Matter How, Jogendranath Had to Be Defeated": The Scheduled Castes Federation and the Partition of Bengal, 1945-19475 Betrayed Expectations: East Pakistan and West Bengal, 1947-1950; 6 "A Caste Hindu State": Jogendranath Mandal and the Forced Removal of Dalit Refugees, 1950-1964; 7 The Decline of the Caste Question: The Defeat of Dalit Politics in Bengal, 1952-1968; Conclusion: "The Most Casteist Society in India"; Bibliography; Index.