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Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta - Studies in Environment and History
Bhattacharyya, Debjani (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta - Studies in Environment and History
Bhattacharyya, Debjani (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history, which spans from 1760 to 1920, demonstrates how colonial property law and hydraulic engineering transformed the ecology of the Bengal delta to drain Calcutta.
257 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 13 juin 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9781108443340 |
Éditeurs | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 257 |
Dimensions | 151 × 228 × 25 mm · 384 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |