Education and the Disprivileged: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century IndiaSabyasachi Bhattacharya This book addresses the familiar issue of unequal access to education in a new perspective. In this regard, whether one looks at gender or caste or tribes or class differences, the gap between the privileged and the dispriviliged is a matter of everyday experience. In what manner and form are these asymmetries reflected in the domain of education is the question at the core of this collection of essays. This volume is likely to be useful to those interested in understanding the interface between education and society in India as well as in other developing countries. |
Contents
Maharashtra 18501947 | 35 |
Growth of Education Among the DalitBahujan | 50 |
Education and Identity Formation Among Dalits | 84 |
Tribal Education the Colonial State and Christian | 123 |
Tribal Education and Fading Tribal Identity | 153 |
Dalit Education and Economic Inequality | 163 |
Culture Values and Dalits in Higher Education | 181 |
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