Publisher's Synopsis
1857: The Oral Tradition is a unique work, largely using the sources of oral history in various parts of the country to reconstruct aspects of the great uprising of 1857. Through an exploration and analysis of folk songs, folk takes and contemporary regional literature, it examines the contours of the massive revolt in parts of Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bundelkhand, the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh and Awadh.
