The Sentinels of Culture

The Sentinels of Culture Class, Education, and the Colonial Intellectual in Bengal (1848-85)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book is about the intellect in nineteenth century Bengal. It analyses 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195669107
Publisher: OUP India
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 954.14035
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 507g
Height: 215mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 22mm