The Libraries of Bengal 1700-1947. The Story of Bengali Renaissance

by Abulfazal M. Fazle Kabir

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New Delhi. Promilla & Co., 1988. Stock ID #216988 x + 181pp, typescript text, bibliography, index. Good copy. This research work into library expansion is really a sociological study and explains a phenomenon peculiar to Bengal: a book fair in Calcutta is like a fish market where people of all sorts, rich and poor, exhibit a hunger for books that is a unique feature of Bengali society. It also throws a light on the

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