04151nam 22008775 450 991078568650332120201104194924.01-282-99750-597866129975010-230-28981-910.1057/9780230289819(CKB)2670000000070149(EBL)652398(OCoLC)696331876(SSID)ssj0001657111(PQKBManifestationID)16440148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001657111(PQKBWorkID)14986012(PQKB)10087468(SSID)ssj0000467206(PQKBManifestationID)12143291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467206(PQKBWorkID)10465949(PQKB)10371697(DE-He213)978-0-230-28981-9(MiAaPQ)EBC652398(EXLCZ)99267000000007014920151106d2010 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bengal Delta[electronic resource] Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840–1943 /by I. Iqbal1st ed. 2010.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2010.1 online resource (289 p.)Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Description based upon print version of record.1-349-31221-5 0-230-23183-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 Ecology and Agrarian Relations in the Nineteenth Century; 3 Economy and Society: the Myth and Reality of 'Sonar Bangla'; 4 The Political Ecology of the Peasant: the Faraizi Movement between Revolution and Passive Resistance; 5 Return of the Bhadralok: the Agrarian Environment and the Nation; 6 The Railways and the Water Regime; 7 Fighting with a Weed: the Water Hyacinth, the State and the Public Square8 Between Food Availability Decline and Entitlement Exchange: an Ecological Prehistory of the Great Bengal Famine of 19439 Reflections; Notes; Appendixes; Bibliography; IndexWith 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.Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Asia—HistoryGeologyEconomic historyHistoryEnvironmental economicsHistory, ModernAsian Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000Geologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17002Economic Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W41000History of Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000Environmental Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000Asia—History.Geology.Economic history.History.Environmental economics.History, Modern.Asian History.Geology.Economic History.History of Science.Environmental Economics.Modern History.333.709541409034Iqbal Iauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1571704BOOK9910785686503321The Bengal Delta3846207UNINA