03853nam 22009735 450 991096926400332120240322031446.09786612997501978128299750912829975059780230289819023028981910.1057/9780230289819(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(Perlego)3503868(EXLCZ)99267000000007014920151106d2010 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bengal Delta 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,2635-1641Description based upon print version of record.9781349312214 1349312215 9780230231832 0230231837 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,2635-1641AsiaHistoryGeologyEconomic historyScienceHistoryEnvironmental economicsHistory, ModernAsian HistoryGeologyEconomic HistoryHistory of ScienceEnvironmental EconomicsModern HistoryAsiaHistory.Geology.Economic history.ScienceHistory.Environmental economics.History, Modern.Asian History.Geology.Economic History.History of Science.Environmental Economics.Modern History.333.709541409034Iqbal Iftekhar1791819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969264003321The Bengal Delta4329638UNINA