TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharyya, Debjani
TI  - Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta: the making of Calcutta
T2  - Studies in environment and history
SN  - 9781108443340 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - India
KW  - Kolkata
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)
KW  - History
KW  - British occupation, 1765-1947
KW  - Bengal (India)
KW  - Kolkata (India)
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233); 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
N2  -  "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"--
ER  -