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Dedication
Introduction
1. CHAPTER 1: KERALA IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
2. CHAPTER 2: THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND THE CALL TO INDIA
3. CHAPTER 3: EARLY LIFE AND FORMATION (1791-1816)
4. CHAPTER 4: ARRIVAL AND ESTABLISHMENT IN TRAVANCORE (1816-1820)
5. CHAPTER 5: ESTABLISHING THE FIRST MALAYALAM PRINTING PRESS (1821)
6. CHAPTER 6: BAILEY'S LINGUISTIC MASTERY AND TYPEFACE CREATION
7. CHAPTER 7: MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND LITERARY OUTPUT
8. CHAPTER 8: EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION IN TRAVANCORE
9. CHAPTER 9: TRANSLATION OF SCRIPTURES AND THEOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
10. CHAPTER 10: SOCIAL REFORMS AND CHALLENGE TO THE CASTE SYSTEM
11. CHAPTER 11: THE CMS PRESS AS A CENTRE OF KNOWLEDGE
12. CHAPTER 12: ARCHITECTURAL AND MATERIAL LEGACY
13. CHAPTER 13: COLLABORATION WITH THE SYRIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
14. CHAPTER 14: COLLEAGUES, CONVERTS, AND CORRESPONDENTS
15. CHAPTER 15: LAST YEARS AND DEATH (1848-1871)
16. CHAPTER 16: BENJAMIN BAILEY'S ENDURING LEGACY IN KERALA
17. CHAPTER 17: REASSESSMENT: COLONIAL MISSION OR CULTURAL BRIDGE?
APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGY OF BENJAMIN BAILEY'S LIFE
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