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Riots and victims : violence and the construction of communal identity among Bengali Muslims, 1905-1947
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Riots and victims : violence and the construction of communal identity among Bengali Muslims, 1905-1947

Author: Patricia A Gossman
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In recent decades, the world has witnessed protracted violent conflicts and the eruption of ethnic and communal violence in countries such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. This text challenges the  Read more...

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Gossman, Patricia A.
Riots and victims.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999
(OCoLC)607186854
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Patricia A Gossman
ISBN: 0813336252 9780813336251
OCLC Number: 40489118
Description: xi, 186 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Constructions of Ethnicity and Communal Identity --
Creating a Political Community: The First Partition of Bengal --
The "Backwardness" Factor and the Legacy of Religious Reform --
The Agrarian Context --
The 1905 Partition --
The Annulment --
The Function of Violence: Renegotiating the Status Order 1918-1926 --
Renegotiating the Status Order --
The Plasticity of Identity Symbols --
The Rise of Pan-Islamic Concerns --
The Calcutta 'Riot' of 1918 --
The Legacy of Non-cooperation and Khilafat and the Hindu-Muslim Pact --
The Praja Movement --
The Swarajists and the Hindu-Muslim Pact --
The Search for a 'Muslim' Party --
The Communal Violence of 1926: Symbols, Elections, and Violence --
The Calcutta Riots of April-July 1926 --
The Pabna Riots of July 1926 --
The Politics of Violence: Patterns of Organization 1926-1941 --
The Representation of Violence and Victimization --
The Choreography of Violence in Public Spaces --
The Dacca 'Riot' of September 1926 --
The Shivaji Disturbance --
The Independence Day 'Riot' of 1930 --
The Dacca Riot of May 22-30, 1930 --
The 1941 Dacca 'Riot,' --
The Muslim League's Struggle for Bengal --
The Search for a Muslim Party (reprise) --
Capturing the Symbols of Agrarian Reform --
The 1936-37 Election Campaign --
The KPP-Muslim League Ministry --
Capturing the Symbols of Victimization --
Muslim League Commissions of Inquiry --
The Fight for Control of the Bengal Provincial Muslim League --
Symbols, Elections, and Violence: A 1990 Parallel --
Was Bengal Unique? --
The Logic of Violence.
Responsibility: Patricia A. Gossman.
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