The Bengal Delta
Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840–1943
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geology, History, Asian, Asia
| Author: | I. Iqbal | ISBN: | 9780230289819 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | I. Iqbal |
| ISBN: | 9780230289819 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | October 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
