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The Bangladesh reader : history, culture, politics / Meghna Guhathakurta, Willem van Schendel, eds.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The world readers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bangladesh--Civilization.
- Bangladesh--History.
- Bangladesh--Politics and government.
- Local Subjects:
- Bangladesh--Civilization.
- Bangladesh--History.
- Bangladesh--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (583 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Packed with images, first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, and songs, this Reader is an unprecedented introduction to the historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Voices from Bangladesh; II. Early Histories; III. Colonial Encounters; IV. Partition and Pakistan; V. War and Independence; VI. Dilemmas of Nationhood; VII. Contemporary Culture; VIII. The Development Gaze; IX. Bangladesh beyond Borders; Suggestions for Further Reading; Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822395676
- 0822395673
- OCLC:
- 846488051
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