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Iqbal, Iftekhar;

The bengal delta: ecology, state and social change, 1840-1943 / Iftekhar Iqbal. - Basingstoke, England: Plagrave Macmillan, c2010. - xx, 268p.: illus., maps; 24 cm. - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies. .

Includes Index and Bibliographical reference.

Introduction --
Ecology and agrarian relations in the nineteenth century --
Economy and society : the myth and reality of "Sonar Bangla" --
The political ecology of the peasant : the Faraizi Movement between revolution and passive resistance --
Return of the Bhadralok : the agrarian environment and the nation --
The railways and the water regime --
Fighting with a weed : the water hyacinth, the state and the public square --
Between food availability decline and entitlement exchange : an ecological prehistory of the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 --
Reflections.

ISBN: 9781349312214 (Hardback) 9780333919088 (Hardback) 9780333919095 (Paperback)

LCCN: 632079110

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human ecology --Bengal --History.--India
Nationalism --Bengal --History.--India
Political ecology --Bengal.--India
Agriculture--Bengal--History.--India
Social change--History.--India
Bengal (India) -- --Environmental conditions.
Bengal (India) -- --Politics and government.
Agriculture--Ecology.
Political ecology.

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2095492 / IQB 2010