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Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhattacharyya, Debjani, author.
- Series:
- Studies in environment and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes.
- Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)--History.
- Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India).
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- History.
- Bengal (India)--History.
- Bengal (India).
- Kolkata (India)--History.
- Kolkata (India).
- Asia--Ganges River Delta.
- India--Bengal.
- India--Kolkata.
- Climatic changes--India--Kolkata.
- Human ecology--India.
- Human ecology.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Almanac of a tidal basin
- Part I. Environmental consolidations. Power and silt
- Drying a delta
- Part II. Legal maneuvers. Notarizing possessions
- Commerce in land
- Part III. Unreal estate. Speculative properties
- Conclusion: disappearing coastlines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781108425742
- 1108425747
- 9781108443340
- 1108443346
- OCLC:
- 1017607378
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