Author: Hashmi, Taj ul-Islam
Title: Peasant Utopia : The Communalization of Class Politics in East Bengal, 1920-1947
Description: Dhaka, University Press, (1994). orig. boards, dustwrapper. xviii,307 pp, 22x14cm,. Textual maps & tables. Some page-edge soil. Binding corner bumps. Good. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Village Community, Land System & Politics in East Bengal: A Backround; Mobilisation for Insurgency: Peasants in the Khilafat Movement, 1920-22; The Communalization of Class Struggle, 1923-29; Rebellion to Conciliation: The Capitulation of the Krishak & the Ascendancy of the Proja, 1929-36; The Eclipse of the Proja & the Ascendancy of the Ashraf, 1937-41; The Struggle for a Peasant Utopia: The Tanka, Tebhaga & Pakistan Movements, 1942-47; Conclusions.

Keywords: Bangladesh, East Bengal, Bangladesh, Agrarian Revolts, Rural Politics, Colonial History, Peasant Peasantry, South Asia, India Colonialism, Political Sociology