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Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta/

What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together. Pus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bhattacharyya, Debjani
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Cambridge University , 2018.
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University of Calicut

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Call Number: 954.147 03 BHA/E
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