The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics

✍ Scribed by Meghna Guhathakurta and Willem van Schendel

Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 583
Series: The World Readers
Category: Library

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✦ Table of 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

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