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The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840-1943 - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies I. Iqbal
The Bengal Delta: Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840-1943 - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
I. Iqbal
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.
288 pages, 35, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 maps, 11 black & white tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 20, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230231832 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 268 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 222 × 22 mm · 439 g |