Print and Publishing in Colonial Bengal - The Journey of Bidyasundar

List of contents

Introduction 1. Bards in Court: Birth of a Text 2. Publishers in City: Birth of a Book 3. Missionary Among Critics: Start of Reviews 4. Actors on Stage: Recreation of the Fable 5. Tale Among Tales: The Spread of Print 6. Slokas from the Past: Reproduction of the Legend 7. Intellectuals in Discussion: Reinstating the Classic. Epilogue. Select Bibliography

About the author

Tapti Roy is an independent scholar based in Cambridge, UK. She is the author of The Politics of Popular Uprising: Bundelkhand in 1857 (1994) and Raj of the Rani (2006). She has also contributed chapters to edited volumes: ‘Disciplining the Printed Text: Colonial and Nationalist Surveillance of Bengali Literature’ in Texts of Power: Emerging Disciplines in Colonial Bengal (1995) and ‘Tracking the Ephemeral: Elokeshi-Nabin-Mohanto Episode and the History of Print in Bengal’ in On Modern Indian Sensibilities: Culture, Politics, History (2018). She manages the blog pastconnect.net.

Summary

This book reconstructs the history of print and publishing in colonial Bengal by tracing the unexpected journey of Bharat Chandra’s Bidyasundar, the first book published by a Bengali entrepreneur. It examines how local enterprises engaged in producing and selling books charted out a cultural space in the 19th century.

Product details

• Authors: Tapti Roy, Tapti (Independent Scholar Based in Cambridge Roy, Roy Tapti
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138625112
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62511-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, HISTORY / Asia / South / General