Idioms of improvement : Vidyasagar and cultural encounter in Bengal / Brian A. Hatcher.

By:

Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Calcutta : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: xvii, 307 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:

0195637569 (hbk)

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306.6095414 HAT

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Summary: Vidyasagar (1820-1891), educationist, social reformer, and philanthropist from Bengal. Exploring the world-view of Isvarachandra Vidyasagar, a reformer who exemplifies the convergence within Bengali culture of Sanskritic and European cultures, this book looks at situating Vidyasagar at a level that can account for his work as an educator, author, and socio-religious reformer

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	Meenakshi Mukherjee Books	306.6095414 HAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K4632

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.

Vidyasagar (1820-1891), educationist, social reformer, and philanthropist from Bengal. Exploring the world-view of Isvarachandra Vidyasagar, a reformer who exemplifies the convergence within Bengali culture of Sanskritic and European cultures, this book looks at situating Vidyasagar at a level that can account for his work as an educator, author, and socio-religious reformer

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