Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South Asia: Eastern Bengal, Sylhet, and Assam, 1874–1971

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Ashfaque Hossain

Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South Asia

Eastern Bengal, Sylhet, and Assam, 1874–1971

Ashfaque Hossain

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Routledge India
27 May 2024

Industry & industrial studies

"This book investigates the concept of colonial globalization to show how knowledge, information, technology, capital and labour have the potential to move freely across the world. It studies the experience of globalization ""from below"", rather than from the perspective of the British imperial centre.

Focusing on the impact of colonial globalization on the people of Sylhet, East Bengal, and Assam, the volume seeks to analyse the ""global"" as a process in constant negotiation with the ""local"". It discusses various issues such as the opening of the hills of Sylhet and Assam for tea plantation. the involvement of local entrepreneurs with overseas planters in the global tea industry, the phenomenon of regional labour migration into eastern India, and Sylheti seamen and their involvement in the merchant marine. The author also highlights the contribution of peasants, labourers and women in the independence movement and the irreversible changes that they brought about.

A unique contribution to the study of colonial globalisation, this volume will be indispensable for students and researchers of colonial history, modern Indian history, Northeast India, border studies, globalization, political economy, minority studies, globalization studies, third world studies, colonialism and postcolonialism, and South Asian studies."

By: Ashfaque Hossain
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781032325637
ISBN 10: 1032325631
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Tea Capitalism, Three Districts of East Bengal and the Making of Modern Assam 1874-1947 2. Overseas and Local Entrepreneurs: A Century of Transformation in the Tea Plantations 3. Labour and the Tea Plantations in Sylhet and Assam 4. Counter Flow of Globalization and the World of Bengali Seamen in the Age of Empire 5. Communication, Local Government, Education and Public Health 6. Concept of Nationalism and Political Mobilizations from 1874 to 1971: Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Assam-Bengal Borders

Ashfaque Hossain, Professor, Department of History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.