Multiplicity of regional and sub-national assertions of diverse ethnic groups in post-colonial India is no doubt a serious factor in the Indian nation building process. In order to understand the regionalism, the social scientists have identified a few factors on the basis of their research approaches. Social, economic, communal, political and cultural factors have been treated as the dynamics of the regional and sub-national movements. But regionalism cannot be ...
From Tribalism to State: Reflections on the Emergence of Koch Kingdom: Early Fifteenth Century to 1773
Since several decades 'process of state formation' has been a subject of intensive research among the social scientists. On the basis of their findings and research approaches they have built various 'state building models' of different parts of the world. Historians have also tested different non-Indian models of state formation in the Pre-Colonial Indian context with little modification or with localizations. This book, after critically reviewing major ...
Fisheries and Fishermen: A Socio-economic History of Fisheries and Fishermen of Colonial Bengal and Post-Colonial West Bengal
Proper management of the natural resources and the rights of the traditional communities to access the natural resources are no doubt important issues in the age of globalization and global warming. This book after critically examining the relationships between the fisheries and the fishermen of pre-colonial and Colonial Bengal have raised some critical points regarding the management, production relations and location of the fishermen in Post-Colonial West ...
