Labour, Diaspora and Marginality:: Essays in Honour of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

About the Book

Labour, Diaspora and Marginality traces the intellectual legacy of Professor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (1938-2019), a towering figure in the field of Indian history. He was an exceptional intellectual, infused with ethical sensibility and humanism. Beginning with his earlier forte in economic history, he eventually contributed to a significant trend in labour studies and gave shape to that turn within the specific context of India and other postcolonial nations. He left an indelible impression across the sub-_elds within history such as education, and political, socio-cultural and intellectual histories of India. Professor Bhattacharya remains a great inspiration to generations of historians. This volume puts together articles by his former students and admirers that focus upon economic and cultural histories, labour migration, Indian diaspora, Dalit pasts, and Dalit identity through various protest movements and patterns of caste structure. The volume also delves into some social, cultural, literary and political trends in Indian history, such as the different versions of the revolt of 1857 as reflected in literary texts, historical studies on Indian education, and Gandhi's idea of the Champaran Satyagraha.