The present history of West Bengal
Subtitle: essays in political criticism
By: Partha Chatterjee.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: West Bengal (India) -- Politics and government.
Description: Is it possible to write history alongside historical events? This is the question the author tries to grapple with in these essays, which study patterns of agrarian transformation in West Bengal and Bangladesh, caste and politics in Bengal, CPI(M) party organization, culture, the legacy of Naxalbari, and political strategy for agrarian change.

Students of politics, sociology and history, and journalists will find this book essential reading. It will also interest, and even fascinate, the general reader.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.