Table of Contents

Preface; I. Constructions of Ethnicity And; Communal Identity; II. Creating a Political Community: The First Partition; Of Bengal; The "Backwardness" Factor and the Legacy of Religious Reform; The Agrarian Context; The 1905 Partition; The Annulment; III. The Function of Violence: Renegotiating; The Status Order 1918-1926; Renegotiating the Status Order; The Plasticity of Identity Symbols; The Rise of Pan-Islamic Concerns; The Calcutta 'Riot' of 1918; The Legacy of Non-cooperation and Khilafat and the Hindu-Muslim Pact; The Praja Movement; The Swarajists and the Hindu-Muslim Pact; The Search for a 'Muslim' Party; The Communal Violence of 1926: Symbols, Elections and Violence; The Calcutta Riots of April-July 1926; The Pabna Riots of July 1926; Conclusion; IV. the Politics of Violence, Part II: Patterns of Organization 1926-1941; The Representation of Violence and Victimization; The Choreography of Violence in Public Spaces; The Dacca 'Riot' of September 1926; The Shivaji Disturbance; The Independence Day 'Riot' of 1930; The Dacca Riot of May 22-30, 1930; The 1941 Dacca 'Riot,'; Conclusion; V. The Muslim League's Struggle for Bengal; The Search for a Muslim Party (reprise); Capturing the Symbols of Agrarian Reform; The 1936-37 Election Campaign; The KPP-Muslim League Ministry; Capturing the Symbols of Victimization; Muslim League Commissions of Inquiry; The Fight for Control of the Bengal Provincial Muslim League; Conclusion; Symbols, Elections and Violence: A 1990 Parallel; Was Bengal Unique?; The Logic of Violence; Bibliography

About the Author

Patricia A. Gossmanwho received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, is a senior researcher on human rights in South Asia at Human Rights Watch Patricia A. Gossmanwho received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, is a senior researcher on human rights in South Asia at Human Rights Watch