Missionaries, rebellion and proto-nationalism : James Long of Bengal 1814-87 /
Oddie, Geoffrey
Missionaries, rebellion and proto-nationalism : James Long of Bengal 1814-87 / - Delhi Richmond, Surrey ISPCK Curzon Press ©1999 - xiv, 261 Pages 24 cm - London Studies on South Asia No.16 .
The Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age of 22 in 1840, he devoted his life to representing what he passionately believed were the best interests of the forgotten poor and oppressed among the Bengali population. Long was a central figure in the indigo planting controversy of 1861 and suffered imprisonment as a result. His memory is revered even today in modern India, where his contribution to the development of Bengali vernacular education, literature, history, and sociology is highly rega.
9788184651232 0700710280 (curzon) hb 9780700710287
Long, James, -- 1814-1887. Missionaries -- India -- Bengal -- Biography. Protestant churches -- Missions -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 19th century.
266.0954 / O22M
Missionaries, rebellion and proto-nationalism : James Long of Bengal 1814-87 / - Delhi Richmond, Surrey ISPCK Curzon Press ©1999 - xiv, 261 Pages 24 cm - London Studies on South Asia No.16 .
The Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age of 22 in 1840, he devoted his life to representing what he passionately believed were the best interests of the forgotten poor and oppressed among the Bengali population. Long was a central figure in the indigo planting controversy of 1861 and suffered imprisonment as a result. His memory is revered even today in modern India, where his contribution to the development of Bengali vernacular education, literature, history, and sociology is highly rega.
9788184651232 0700710280 (curzon) hb 9780700710287
Long, James, -- 1814-1887. Missionaries -- India -- Bengal -- Biography. Protestant churches -- Missions -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 19th century.
266.0954 / O22M