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The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840–1943
Iftekhar Iqbal
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Description for The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840–1943
paperback. 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. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; KCN; KCZ; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349312214
SKU
V9781349312214
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99-15
About Iftekhar Iqbal
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.
Reviews for The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840–1943
'The book's...special contribution is to emphasize the enviornment...that too is obviously a subject worth investigating.' - Reviews in History