The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840-1943 - Hardcover
by I. Iqbal
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Availability:In StockContributor:I. IqbalSeries:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial StudiesTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/British, Cultural Region/IndianPublish date:10/20/2010Pages:268
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230231832ISBN-10:0230231837UPC:9780230231832Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Asia, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, South, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SC0JNP694E
With a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230231832ISBN-10:0230231837UPC:9780230231832Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Asia, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, South, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SC0JNP694E
IFTEKHAR IQBAL is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has degrees in history from Dhaka and Cambridge Universities. His research focuses on the environmental history of modern South Asia, especially in Bengal, and its relationship to both local and global political, economic and social forces.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2010 Edition
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