Description
Pamphlets have usually been regarded as ephemeral literature with little permanent impact. This work demonstrates the historical value of this genre of political literature. The propaganda pamphlets help historians place a finger on the pulse of an extraordinarily important historical period when new ideas concerning the nation-state, the rights of the governed and forms of political protest complicated the political scene and opened up new fronts of conflict between the colonial state and the colonized subjects. This study devises innovative approaches to reading these pamphlets and generates new insights into the world of the pamphleteers thus providing the readers with a more nuanced understanding of the politics and political culture of early twentieth-century Bengal. In the process, the book makes an important contribution to the historical controversies that the politics of this period has generated among scholars of Indian nationalism.
It demonstrates the effectiveness of pamphlets as a medium of propaganda within the context of political life in colonial Bengal.
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.
Reviews
'The book made me wonder about the ways the revolutionaries may have innovated for decentralising production and expanding their circulation network in times of the steam engine ... [It] notably foregrounds how the revolutionaries used the pamphlets to displace the 'anarchist' label on to the colonial masters in the ideological tussle between the two sides.' Economic and Political Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9781107065468
Author Shukla Sanyal
Format Hardback
Page Count 219
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 160mm * 22mm
It demonstrates the effectiveness of pamphlets as a medium of propaganda within the context of political life in colonial Bengal.
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.
Reviews
'The book made me wonder about the ways the revolutionaries may have innovated for decentralising production and expanding their circulation network in times of the steam engine ... [It] notably foregrounds how the revolutionaries used the pamphlets to displace the 'anarchist' label on to the colonial masters in the ideological tussle between the two sides.' Economic and Political Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9781107065468
Author Shukla Sanyal
Format Hardback
Page Count 219
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 160mm * 22mm
