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200 14$aThe Bengal Delta$b[electronic resource] $eEcology, State and Social Change, 1840?1943 /$fby I. Iqbal
205   $a1st ed. 2010.
210  1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2010.
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
225 1 $aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1633
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-349-31221-5 
311   $a0-230-23183-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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 Square
327   $a8 Between Food Availability Decline and Entitlement Exchange: an Ecological Prehistory of the Great Bengal Famine of 19439 Reflections; Notes; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aWith a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness.
410  0$aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1633
606   $aAsia?History
606   $aGeology
606   $aEconomic history
606   $aHistory
606   $aEnvironmental economics
606   $aHistory, Modern
606   $aAsian History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000
606   $aGeology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17002
606   $aEconomic History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W41000
606   $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000
606   $aEnvironmental Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48000
606   $aModern History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000
615  0$aAsia?History.
615  0$aGeology.
615  0$aEconomic history.
615  0$aHistory.
615  0$aEnvironmental economics.
615  0$aHistory, Modern.
615 14$aAsian History.
615 24$aGeology.
615 24$aEconomic History.
615 24$aHistory of Science.
615 24$aEnvironmental Economics.
615 24$aModern History.
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906   $aBOOK
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