Climate, calamity and the wild an environmental history of the Bengal Delta, c.1737-1947 Ranjan Chakrabarti

By:

Chakrabarti, Ranjan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Delhi Primus Books, an imprint of Ratna Sagar 2022Description: xii, 277 pages illustrations, maps 24 cmISBN:

9789355724618

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Contents:

Climate, monsoon and water: the Bengal Delta -- Rivers of the Bengal Delta -- Cyclones in the Bengal coast: a case study of the cyclone of 1737 -- Ordering the forest or the wild -- Rifle and romance in the jungle: the imperial hunt or Shikar -- Human-tiger conflict in the forests of Bengal: a case study of the Sundarbans

Summary: Climate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta, c.1737-1947 offers a climatic and environmental history of the deltaic plains of Bengal. Unlike the prevalent model of history-writing, this book tackles historical issues in ecological, biological and cultural terms, turning away from conventional ideological and political approaches. The volume examines how the delta's political economy, production, crop pattern, inland and overseas trade, demographic pattern, culture and economy developed and were transformed by shifts in climate, forests, river systems and hydrology. This involves an exploration of the complex dynamics of the interaction of human societies with the rich history of natural disasters such as super cyclones, severe thunderstorms and floods, resulting in loss of life, property, livestock, human settlements and wildlife as well as major shifts in the history of colonial Bengal.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	French Institute of Pondicherry	IFP Social Science collection	HIST 3842 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		SS21870

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references p. [249]-269.

Climate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta, c.1737-1947 offers a climatic and environmental history of the deltaic plains of Bengal. Unlike the prevalent model of history-writing, this book tackles historical issues in ecological, biological and cultural terms, turning away from conventional ideological and political approaches. The volume examines how the delta's political economy, production, crop pattern, inland and overseas trade, demographic pattern, culture and economy developed and were transformed by shifts in climate, forests, river systems and hydrology. This involves an exploration of the complex dynamics of the interaction of human societies with the rich history of natural disasters such as super cyclones, severe thunderstorms and floods, resulting in loss of life, property, livestock, human settlements and wildlife as well as major shifts in the history of colonial Bengal.

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