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

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Debjani Bhattacharyya
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Cambridge Univeristy Press , 2019
Series:Studies in environment and history
Subjects:
Climatic changes > India > Kolkata.
Human ecology > India.
Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) > History.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Bengal (India) > History.
Kolkata (India) > History.
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