Social and economic history of Assam (1853-1921)
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2013-04-23
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Zamindars of Goalpara, Decline of handicrafts and survival of handloom: Dyes, woodcarving and ivory carving, gold washing, jewellers' crafts, ironmaking, salt, paper and bell metal works, pottery, domestic crafts, survival of handloom, Agriculture and peasantry: Anandaram on agriculture, districts, dynamics of cotton and jute, mauzaudar, jui, pani, yuin, peasants' protest, agricultural labourers, literature on agriculture, some experiments, elites attitude, Changing social spectrum: Boat and man, fabulous forest, love for chinese laboour, canal from Karachi to sadiya, island of changelessness, savings banks, discovery and development of tea, petroleum and coal, Origin and growth of the Assamese middle class: Compound product, colonial bureaucracy, English education, role of tea, Middle class sensibility: Ideas and issues, anatomy of the language dispute, response to reform movements, opium