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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Contents Preface. 1. More about Swadeshi economic thinking Bengal in the late 19 and early 20 centuries. 2. More about Swadeshi enterprise. 3. Swadeshi industries in colonial Bengal advertisement as a source of information. 4. Swadeshi science and technology in operation Bengal under colonial rule 19 and 20 centuries. 5. Swadeshi industry and technology P.M. Bagchi and Co. (1883 1947). 6. Heterogeneity of the Indian bourgeoisie in colonial India a comparative study. 7. A break with the past. This collection of research articles on such varied themes as Swadeshi economic thinking Swadeshi industries Swadeshi science and technology P.M. Bagchi and Co. business and politics the nature of the Indian capitalist class and the role of advertisements as a source in reconstructing the industrial history of Bengal is a welcome addition to the existing literature on the subjects. 136 pp.…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. As nature has enabled Japan to be the first country to bask in the crimson rays of the rising sun, her socio political history has also shown unique features. She had undergone a transformation from a backward feudal state to a capitalist state and then to an imperialist country. The text is not a mere chronology of facts, but a critical analysis done in a simple language and lucid style. This text book is the first of its kind written in English by any Indian author. Though it is written with an eye to the syllabi of Indian universities the lucid style of writing is sure to attract the general readers also. The English renderings of the Japanese words and the map of Japan have made the book more useful to the students in general.…

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Soft cover. Condizione: New. "Naxalbari exploded many a myth. The upheaval was such that nothing remained the same after Naxalbati People had to readjust their position bis-a-vis every aspect of the system, political, administrative, military, cultural" Samar Sen. How prophetic was the above statement! A section of the toiling masses still keeps hope in the undying spirit of movement. The Government, on the other, is pursuing administrative, legal and military policies to contain the discontent of the teeming multitudes. This volume is the first in the series where select documents of the Naxalbari movement as well as thought provoking debates are compiled. The present volume contains seventeen documents written by the pioneers of the first stage of the movement-articles of Charu Mazumder, Saroj Dutta, Suniti Kumar Ghosh and Sushital Roychowdhury. General readers, activists, scholars and policy makers will find this volume a ready reference for the study of the movement and its inherent dynamics.…

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Paperback. Condizione: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. Traditional China at a glance. 2. Hsia Dynasty (2207 BC to 1766 BC approx). 3. Shang Dynasty (Around 17 Century BC to 11 Century BC). 4. Chou Dynasty (Around 11 Century BC to 256 BC) i. Western Chou (About 11 Century BC to 771 BC). ii. Eastern Chou (770 BC to 256 BC). 5. Confucius and his ideology. Glossary. This book is about the Chinese Civilization from the earliest days to the end of Chou Rule. The end coincided with the transitional stage from slavery to feudalism. It is a long story starting from the Lower Basin of the Huang Ho River the cradle of the Chinese Civilisation in the North to the beginning of the Chinese Language appearance of state machinery the Spring and Autumn Period and the Hundred Schools of Thought one important product of which being Confucianism the most conservative and the most lasting ideology in the history of the world. Written in a lucid style this book will be of interest both to the students and general readers. 96 pp.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. I. Tribute to Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: 1. A scientist in the world of Indology: initiation of the new chapter on pre modern history of science in India/Nupur Dasgupta. 2. Framing a history of Hindu chemistry: the influence of nineteenth century historiography of chemistry on Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray/Dhruv Raina. II. Science under the lens of history: 3. Merely solving puzzles or seeking truth? Some reflections on truth science, and related matters/Santanu Chacerverti. 4. Engaging with modern science and religious orthodoxy in contemporary Islam/S. Irfan Habib. 5. Swadeshi science and P.C. Ray's Bengal chemical and pharmaceutical works/Amit Bhattacharyya. III. Of technology and social history: 6. Technology of print past and the nation: vernacular print and its role in shaping Assamese linguistic nation/Sudeshna Purkavastha. 7. Indigenous technique and artisanal works: blacksmiths in colonial Rarh Bengal/Achintya Kumar Dutta. 8. Technology and handicraft production: experience of the leather workers of Bengal: 1870-1947/Supti Raha. 9. Assistive technology: the stages of accessibility in persons with disabilities/Bubai Bag. IV. Medicine and society: 10. Institutional care for the sick: the concept of hospital in early India/Sukla Das. 11. A bridge for passing: journey of indigenous medicine in a world of medical pluralism in Bengal 1870s to 1930s/Nupur Dasgupta. 12. Ayurveda and the emergence of indigenous pharmaceutical industry in the twentieth century India/Sutapa Saha Mitra. 13. The Indian health scenario: a stock-taking of six decades/Siddhartha Gupta. Index. The present volume comprising thirteen articles covers aspects the history of science technology and medicine from the ancient to the modern period. It focuses on the scope and cultural orientations in science, history of different branches of colonial India. The role of technology in cultural nationalism, the scene of plural medicine in colonial Bengal and evolution of some indigenous pharmaceutical companies have been discussed in the discourse. It includes articles on the emerging role of assistive technology for the disabled a critique of government policy on healthcare in contemporary India and the history of healthcare institutions in ancient India. It will be of interest to researchers and general readers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. I. Ecology and Technology: from the ancient to modern India: 1. From the Oxus to the Indus: Geographical landscape and migration of technological tradition, c.300 BCE-100 CE/Suchandra Ghosh. 2. Dust storms over citadels of North-West India and Afghanistan (A case study of environmental disturbances occurred during the early medieval period/G.S.L. Devra. 3. Land Use, Tenancy rights, and rent in the late eighteenth century western Bengal: an Introduction to the Caldecott manuscript/Ratan Dasgupta. II. Capitalism/imperialism and Indigenous culture: 4. Rice: culture and cultivation from pre-Green revolution to post-Green revolution/Anupam Paul. 5. Social systems science and the indigenous beliefs: a case study of the people of the Sundarbans in contemporary West Bengal/Mahua Sarkar. III. Man and Nature: 6. Kasimbazar: a theatre of war between man and nature/Gargi Chattopadhyay. 7. Podu: encountering a primitive mode of subsistence in tribal Odisha/Debasree De. 8. Crafting a green sphere: the Lodhas reconsidered/Sutapa Ghosh Dastidar. IV. People's movements and social changes: 9. The maoist movement and socio-economic changes: a case study of Gadchiroli in Maharastra/Amit Bhattacharyya. 10. Globalized capitalism, environmental destruction and resistance: the story of the anti-POSCO movement in Odisha/Partho Sarothi Ray. V. Imperialism and other countries: 11. Rise of fascist and Nazi totalitarianism, migration of scientists and the creation of the atomic bomb/Jayanta Sthanapati. 12. Caught between traditions and modernity: the communities of Indonesia/Sumita Sen. VI. Environment and the experience of socialism: 13. Early soviet commitment to environment protection and its decline/Kunal Chattopadhyay. Whenever we discuss issues on environment, science etc. we do it in a particular historical context. The present volume comprising fourteen articles covers aspects of the history of science and environment as reflected within different social systems. It focuses on aspects of ecology and technology from the ancient to the modern period embracing aspects such as migration of technological tradition from the Oxus to the Indus, dust storms over citadels in the North-West, a study of Caldecott Manuscript in late 18th century Bengal, how imperialist domination over colonies or former colonies affected indigenous culture in the Sundarbans and rice cultivation due to Green Revolution. It includes articles on Kashimbazar, Podu cultivation in tribal Odisha and the Lodha tribe. It seeks to establish the link between the Maoist movement in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra and anti-POSCO movement in Odisha with social changes as also rise of Fascism and the creation of the atom bomb and the communities of Indonesia. The last piece is on environmental protection in early Soviet Russia. This book is likely to be of interest to researchers, social scientists, historians and general readers. (jacket).…

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Hardbound. Condizione: As New. Reprint. Contents Foreword. Preface. 1. Textiles i. Weaving. ii. Hosiery. iii. Cotton mills. 2. Chemicals and pharmaceuticals i. Ayurvedic works. ii. Allopathic works. iii. Perfumery. iv. Ink boot polish and cream. v. Soap. 3. Leather works. 4. Shipping. 5. Tobacco. This is the first ever inventory and enquiry into Swadeshi enterprise in Bengal exhaustively done in all fields such as textiles drugs and chemicals leather shipping tobacco pottery iron foundry match stationary banking insurance etc. An important addition is a case study of P.M. Bagchi and Co. An analysis of the policy of the colonial government forms an important chapter. Problems of capital formation investment technical know how are discussed in detail. This work argues with a wealth of information that it is the aspect of self reliance and contradiction with British imperialist capital rather than dependence on and collaboration with it that constituted the principal aspect in the process of the development of the small and middle Swadeshi bourgeoisie. This section of the Indian bourgeoisie though economically weak represented national aspirations and sought to attain economic development free from foreign control. It is a major reference work on a neglected yet crucial period of economic transition in Bengal. 360 pp. …

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