Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya.
Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya.
Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/3244
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English
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xvi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : almanac of a tidal basin -- Part I. Environmental Consolidations: 1. Power and silt ; 2. Drying a delta -- Part II. Legal Maneuvers: 3. Notarizing possessions ; 4. Commerce in land -- Part III. Unreal Estate: 5. Speculative properties -- Conclusion : disappearing coastlines.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This 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. Pushing beyond narratives of environmental decline, Bhattacha...
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Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya.
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Studies in environment and history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
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G 2019/3244
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74VKVxjrJroX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxjrJroX
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9781108425742 hardcover alkaline paper
1108425747 hardcover alkaline paper
9781108443340 paperback alkaline paper
1108443346 paperback alkaline paper
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954.14703
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991024249807602626
