03059nam 2200661 a 450 991082746330332120200520144314.01-282-99750-597866129975010-230-28981-910.1057/9780230289819(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)99267000000007014920110228d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bengal delta ecology, state and social change, 1840-1943 /Iftekhar Iqbal1st ed. 2010.Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] Palgrave Macmillan20101 online resource (289 p.)Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies seriesDescription 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 series.Bengal (India)HistoryBengal (India)Politics and governmentBengal (India)Economic conditions333.709541409034Iqbal Iftekhar1758020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827463303321The Bengal delta4196066UNINA