Nandanar's Children: The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956 (SAGE Series in Modern Indian History) - Hardcover
The narrative of this book is built around the historical experiences of the Paraiyars of Tamil Nadu. The author traces the transformation of the Paraiyars from an ′untouchable′ and socially despised community to one that came to acquire prominence in the political scene of Tamil Nadu, especially in early 20th century. Through this framework, the book studies a number of issues: subaltern history, colonial ethnography, agrarian systems, agrarian bondage, land legislations, and the interventions by missionaries and social and political organizations.
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Raj Sekhar Basu is Reader, Department of History, University of Calcutta. Prior to his present appointment, he was Lecturer in the Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. He has also been Visiting Scholar to the Department of History, Uppsala University; Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Department of History, Osmania University.
Dr Basu has been awarded many fellowships including Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Faculty Research Fellowships, Charles Wallace Travel Grants, Wellcome Trust Travel Grants and the Fulbright Seminar Grant, among others.
He has published papers in various reputed journals such as the Indian Historical Review, Studies in History, Contemporary Perspectives in History and Sociology, Seminar, Gandhi Marg, Social Science Probings, Social Scientist and Calcutta Historical Journal.
He has also contributed chapters in volumes published by leading international publishers. He has edited a volume and a monograph on Dalit history.
The author is to be complimented for taking up a pioneering and path breaking study of the history and politics of the Parayan’s community from 1850-1956...[The book] is based on extensive research into historical, political, ethnographic and other source of information available in different part of Tamil Nadu, New Delhi and elsewhere.... [The Author] has written an excellent book which needs careful study by those specialising in the area of the politics and sociology of depressed communities in India.
Author: Social ChangeThe book is a contribution to the domain of subaltern history and it states without an open claim that the historians should depend, primarily on archival sources. The use of varied and rich archival materials and chronicles in the book establishes this claim. [It] takes its academic credibility while historicizing a lower caste political movement. [It] is placing before us the warp and woof of the political history of the subaltern people... [It] points to the changing faces of caste-politics in the Indian political scenario.
Author: eSocial ScienceThis 400-page book, based on intensive research and fieldwork in Tamil Nadu, has used lot of archived materials and government reports and documents to substantiate its argument... This book will be a useful guide not only to social scientists and researchers but also to laymen who are interested in understanding Dalit movements.
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- PublisherSAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 8132105141
- ISBN 13 9788132105145
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages492
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