The Libraries of Bengal, 1700-1947: The Story of Bengali Renaissance

Behind its rather modest title, the book unfolds between the lines the phenomenal renaissance in Bengal, covering practically the whole of the British period. It answers the historical question how in this period, literature and the arts flourished, how in practically all branches of knowledge - history, sociology, philosophy, religion, humanities, the sciences , everything that can come under the wide umbrella of libraries, there was an efforescence that had widespread social consequences.