Family History

by Janaki Agnes Penelope Majumbar

Typed from a manuscript in the possession of Amar Singh, this simple yet insightful book describes the family fortunes of at least two upper-class Bengali families during the last half of the nineteenth and the first few decades of the twentieth century. It traces the lives of three generations of women from the time they were children through adulthood, and the choices they made or that were made for them by the male members of their families. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195663608
• ISBN13: 9780195663600
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 5.6"