LEADER 03138oam 2200601I 450 001 9910464027803321 005 20170821191828.0 010 $a1-315-02728-3 010 $a1-136-80989-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315027289 035 $a(CKB)2670000000529528 035 $a(EBL)1645430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001212378 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11691190 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001212378 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11225457 035 $a(PQKB)10995979 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1645430 035 $a(OCoLC)958105995 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000529528 100 $a20180706d20131999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMissionaries, rebellion and proto-nationalism $eJames Long of Bengal 1814-87 /$fGeoffrey A. Oddie 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 1 $aLondon Studies on South Asia ;$v16 300 $aFirst published in 1999 by Curzon Press. 311 $a1-138-98125-7 311 $a0-7007-1028-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Missionary, 1814-1840; 2 Bengal: Years of Transition, 1840-1850; 3 Emily Orme, Marriage and Life at Thakurpukur; 4 Vernacular Education, 1850-1861; 5 The Indigenous Churches and the Problems of Growth, 1850-1861; 6 Vernacular Literature, Intellectual and Social Activities, 1850-1861; 7 The Indigo Planting Controversy, 1850-1860; 8 The Aftermath; Nil Darpan, Trial and Imprisonment; Reactions to the Nil Darpan Case; 9 Last Years in Bengal, 1865-1872 327 $a10 To Russia With Love, 1863-187611 Long, Missionaries and Orientalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age of 22 in 1840, he devoted his life to representing what he passionately believed were the best interests of the forgotten poor and oppressed among the Bengali population. Long was a central figure in the indigo planting controversy of 1861 and suffered imprisonment as a result. His memory is revered even today in modern India, where his contribution to the development of Bengali vernacular education, literature, history, and sociology is highly rega 410 0$aLondon studies on South Asia ;$v16. 606 $aMissionaries$zIndia$zBengal$vBiography 606 $aProtestant churches$xMissions$zIndia$zBengal$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1857-1919 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aProtestant churches$xMissions$xHistory 676 $a954.035 700 $aOddie$b Geoffrey A.$f1932-$0977251 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464027803321 996 $aMissionaries, rebellion and proto-nationalism$92226181 997 $aUNINA