01911cam a2200301 a 4500 2142466 BD-DhUL 20160310122820.0 970327s1997 ii b b 001 0 eng 96912037 0195639456 I-E-96-912037; 63-92; 63-32 2142466 TOC eng TOC TOC BD-DhUL lcode a-ii--- DS485.B493 C485 1997 954.14 21 CHP Chatterjee, Partha, 1947- The present history of West Bengal : essays in political criticism / Partha Chatterjee. Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 223 p. : maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The Heritage We Dare Not Renounce -- 2. The Fruits of Macaulay's Poison Tree -- 3. The Second Partition of Bengal -- 4. Agrarian Transformation in Bengal: Class Structure and Class Struggle -- 5. Caste and Politics in West Bengal -- 6. The Naxalbari Legacy -- 7. Critique from Within -- 8. The Land and the Nation -- 9. Communists in Power -- 10. Discipline and Development / Partha Chatterjee, Pradip Kumar Bose and Ranabir Samaddar -- 11. The Political Culture of Calcutta -- 12. Our Modernity. Is it possible to write history alongside historical events? This is the question the author tries to grapple with in these essays, which study patterns of agrarian transformation in West Bengal and Bangladesh, caste and politics in Bengal, CPI(M) party organization, culture, the legacy of Naxalbari, and political strategy for agrarian change. Students of politics, sociology and history, and journalists will find this book essential reading. It will also interest, and even fascinate, the general reader. West Bengal (India) Politics and government. ddc BK 48331 48331 0 0 ddc 0 954_140000000000000_CHP 0 NFIC 79890 DUL DUL GEN 2016-03-10 Gift 954.14 CHP 426800 2016-03-10 2016-03-10 BK