Hindu Revivalism in Bengal 1872-1905: Some Essays in Interpretation

by Amiya P. Sen

This study breaks fresh ground by way of discussing two important social controversies in nineteenth-century Bengal, namely, the Brahmo Marriage Bill and the Age of Consent Bill. The period under study covers the thirty years between the Brahmo Marriage Bill and the start of the anti-Partition agitation. This is one of the most fascinating yet under-researched periods in the history of modern Bengal. It was a period during which community identities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195631404
• ISBN13: 9780195631401
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"