Empire and ecology in the Bengal delta the making of Calcutta
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TextPublication details: USA Cambrdige University Press 2018Description: xvi,241p. illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781108425742
- 954.14703 23 BH-E
- DS485.G25 B488 2018
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
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.
"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"--
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