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Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya

By: Bhattacharyya, Debjani [author.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: English Series: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xvi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781108425742 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Climatic changes -- India -- Kolkata | Human ecology -- India | Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) -- History | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 | Bengal (India) -- History | Kolkata (India) -- HistoryDDC classification: 954.14703

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Textual Documents	Institute of Development Studies Kolkata	954.14703 B5756e (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available		8283

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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