Revolutionary Pamphlets, Propaganda and Political Culture in - Colonial Benga

It demonstrates the effectiveness of pamphlets as a medium of propaganda within the context of political life in colonial Bengal.

List of contents

Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1. The origins of an idea, 1905¿18; 2. The signs of the times: constructing a nation; 3. Legitimizing violence; 4. The battle for domination: state repression of revolutionary pamphlets; 5. Summing up: an identity forged in battle; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Shukla Sanyal is professor in the History Department at Presidency University, Kolkata. She also taught at the Department of History, University of Calcutta. Her research interests include the history of French Revolution with special focus on French rural society. She also works on the political culture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Bengal specializing in the Revolutionary Nationalist movement of Bengal. Professor Sanyal is currently working on a project that explores the entangled histories of revolutionary ideologies of east and west with particular focus on twentieth-century Bengal.

Product details

• Authors: Shukla Sanyal, Shukla (University of Calcutta) Sanyal, Sanyal Shukla
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107065468
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06546-8
• No. of pages: 219
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Political campaigning & advertising, Political control and freedoms, Political activism / Political engagement, HISTORY / Asia / South / General