Author: Chaudhury, Nagendra Nath
Title: Tragedies of Modernism
Description: Calcutta, A.K. Chaudhury, 1934. half-cloth. iv,288 pp,, 20x13cm, Crude later binder's blind half-cloth. A small wormhole to text of 20 pages.. Some pinholing to last 100pp page margins,Good. ¶ A Bengali author's critique of American society & discussion of the social problems of [United States] industrial society [flappers & emancipation of women, divorce, sexual morality, alcohol, crime, etc]. Contents: The Flaming Youth; The Disappearing Family; Behind the Window-show of Democracy; The Rising Tide of Crimes; The Violation of Law; Is Jesus Christ Still Reigning?; Conclusions. ["...Progress in industrial civilisation may not neccessarily mean progress in every walk of social or national life...everything is not all right in the West and we must be careful not to add to the ills and wrongs we have already in our society by fresh foreign imports.Balancing the ledger of Uncle Sam we must admit that his assets are larger than his liabilities...But his 'costs' of progress have been heavy..whether we believe in the goals of 'get-rich- quick' or not, we must get our country industrialized to a considerable extent for our very existence...our studies of Western societies will lead us nowhere unless & until we can energize our national character & strive persistently..."]

Keywords: Indian Colonial History, India, Industrialization, Bengali Literature, Social History, United States, South Asia, Industrial Society,