The Cultural Economy of Land
The Cultural Economy of Land

Author: Suhita Sinha Roy

Publisher: Tulika Books

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9788193732977

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The Cultural Economy of Land is situated at two crossroads of agrarian history. The first is the cyclical seasonality of agriculture and the linear progressive time of technological innovation and political transformation; and the second is that of the economic and cultural meanings associated with land. Land acquires various dimensions beyond property, tenure, revenue, and inheritance if maps are connected with knowledge systems; land productivity with food habits, gender relations, and patterns of migration; landscapes with modes of irrigation and railroad construction; cropping patterns with festivals; village territoriality with social relations of power. This book is an attempt to bring out a multilayered pattern of rural life-world by, tracing on the one hand, major social and political changes, and, on the other hand, the everyday life of Birbhum district at a specific historical juncture.

Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital
Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital

Author: Sugata Bose

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-03-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780521266949

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A critical work of synthesis and interpretation of agrarian change in India over the long term.

The Life of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay
The Life of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay

Author: Narasingha Prosad Sil

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1611475074

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Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay has been the most popular writer of novels and short stories in his native Bengaland in India at large. Despite this, he remains unrecognized in the English speaking world. Narasingha P. Sil fills this void by presenting a historical critical assessment of his upbringing and the experiences that influenced his masterful and magnificent work. The Life of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay rescues the authentic man, a caste-conscious and patriarchal Brahmin of colonial Bengal, from the cuckoo land of gratuitous praise and panegyric showered on the Aparajeya Kathasilpi, the "invincible" wordsmith. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that inform all his love stories. In many respects Sharatchandra resembles his formidable European forbear, Jean Jacques Rousseau of Enlightenment France. The concluding chapter of Sil's biographical study introduces this pioneering comparison between the two men--a veritable tour de force.

Rural Tourism in West Bengal with Special Reference to Burdwan, Birbhum and Bankura Districts
Rural Tourism in West Bengal with Special Reference to Burdwan, Birbhum and Bankura Districts

Author: Dr. Rama Verma

Publisher: Shineeks Publishers

Published: 2022-12-08

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1632789116

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The Book “Rural Tourism in West Bengal with Special reference to Burdwan, Birbhum and Bankura districts” is developed to acquaint the readers about the richness and diversity of Rural lands of West Bengal, India. Rural Tourism is the most loved activity these days among the global travelers. The book is based on some new dimensions and explores innovation in key managerial practices in community development. This is a qualitative and quantitative research study which is a source of knowledge on several destinations and their related problems and prospects. The readers will get to know about some unique rural products and services of rural Bengal. Some recommendations as provided in this book, will help readers understand on how a rural sight can overcome their challenges to bring more and more opportunities. Overall, this book is a reference for rural travelers, academicians and the students who are involved in the domain of Travel and Tourism.