The Sentinels of Culture
Author | : Tithi Bhattacharya |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015077669581 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Sentinels of Culture by : Tithi Bhattacharya
Download or read book The Sentinels of Culture written by Tithi Bhattacharya and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the intellegentsia in nineteenth-century Bengal. It analyzes why--from the second half of the nineteenth century--the Hindu bhadralok in Bengal developed a specific rhetoric of culture that has continued to inform their identity to the present day.