Bengalis in Burma : a colonial encounter (1886-1948) / Parthasarathi Bhaumik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhaumik, Parthasarathi, author.

Contributor:

Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bengali (South Asian people)--Burma--History--19th century.

Bengali (South Asian people).

Bengali (South Asian people)--Burma--History--20th century.

Immigrants--Burma--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Burma--History--20th century.

Bengali (South Asian people)--Intellectual life--19th century.

Bengali (South Asian people)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Authors, Bengali--Burma.

Authors, Bengali.

Bengali (South Asian people)--Intellectual life.

History.

Burma.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 172 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"Parthasarathi Bhaumik is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He co-edited Memory, Images, Imagination: An Anthology of Bangla and Oriya Writings on Colonial Burma (1886-1948). He worked with the British Library, UK as a Chevening Fellow, and built a database on 'Nationalism, Independence, and Partition in South Asia (1900-1950)'. He is presently the Joint Director of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, and engaged in archiving resources pertaining to the history and cultures of South Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

Historical background of Burma-Bengal cultural relations

Describing Burma Muluk: Burma in Bangla literary discourses (1886-1937)

Distrust and riots (1937-1948)

World War II and Burma: heroism, violence and exodus (1938-48)

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bhaumik, Parthasarathi. Bengalis in Burma.

ISBN:

9781032148632

1032148632

9781032148694

1032148691

OCLC:

1267403522

Publisher Number:

99989676901