Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta the making of Calcutta Debjani Bhattacharyya

By:

Bhattacharyya, Debjani

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in environment and historyPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2018Description: xvi, 241 pages illustrations, maps 24 cmISBN:

9781108443340

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Contents:

Almanac of a Tidal Basin -- Environmental consolidations -- Power and silt -- Drying a delta -- Legal maneuvers -- Notarizing possessions -- Commerce in land -- Un-real estate -- Speculative properties -- Disappearing coastlines

Summary: "History of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together"-- Provided by publisher

List(s) this item appears in: IFP SS Acquisition List 2024

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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 3865 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		SS21924

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233).

"History of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together"-- Provided by publisher

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