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The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905
Contributors:
By (Author) Meredith Borthwick
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
15th February 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
305.42095414
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
422
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
567g
Description
Basing her work on Bengali-language sources, such as women's journals, private papers, biographies, and autobiographies, Meredith Borthwick approaches the lives of women in nineteenth-century Bengal from a new standpoint. She moves beyond the record of the heated debates held by men of this period--over matters such as widow burning, child marriage
