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The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics

The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Guhathakurta, Meghna
Van Schendel, Willem

Hardcover

Series: World Readers

General AsiaGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesIndian & South Asian History

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ISBN10: 0822353040
ISBN13: 9780822353041
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Apr 30 2013
Pages: 568
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade or through its influence on Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim life. Yet the country rarely figures in global affairs or media, except in stories about floods, poverty, or political turmoil. The Bangladesh Reader does what those portrayals do not: It illuminates the rich historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh, and it conveys a sense of the aspirations and daily lives of Bangladeshis.

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