Book contents
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Chapter 12 The Pakistan Experiment
- Chapter 13 Pakistan Falls Apart
- Chapter 14 East Pakistani Livelihoods
- Chapter 15 The Roots of Aid Dependence
- Chapter 16 A New Elite and Cultural Renewal
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 16 - A New Elite and Cultural Renewal
from Part III - Becoming East Pakistan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2021
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Chapter 12 The Pakistan Experiment
- Chapter 13 Pakistan Falls Apart
- Chapter 14 East Pakistani Livelihoods
- Chapter 15 The Roots of Aid Dependence
- Chapter 16 A New Elite and Cultural Renewal
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Pakistan period saw the emergence of a new ‘vernacular’ elite in East Pakistan. They differed consciously from the ways of the Kolkata-based urban professionals who had dominated colonial Bengali culture, as well as from the ways of the new West Pakistani leaders. These leaders found it impossible to win rural hearts and minds. The vernacular elite, on the other hand, could use their personal and cultural links much more effectively to mobilise the rural population for their vision of cultural renewal, political autonomy and social development.
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- A History of Bangladesh , pp. 174 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020