The Bengal Delta : ecology, state and social change, 1840-1943 /
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| Author / Creator: | IQBAL, IFTEKHAR. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. |
| Description: | xx, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8465546 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ecology and Agrarian Relations in the Nineteenth Century
- 3. Economy and Society: the Myth and Reality of 'Sonar Bangla'
- 4. The Political Ecology of the Peasant: the Faraizi Movement between Revolution and Passive Resistance
- 5. Return of the Bhadralok: the Agrarian Environment and the Nation
- 6. The Railways and the Water Regime
- 7. Fighting with a Weed: the Water Hyacinth, the State and the Public Square
- 8. Between Food Availability Decline and Entitlement Exchange: an Ecological Prehistory of the Great Bengal Famine of 1943
- 9. Reflections
- Notes
- Appendixes
- Bibliography
- Index
