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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"--
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Cambridge Univeristy Press ,
2019
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| Series: | Studies in environment and history
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Table of Contents:
- Almanac of a Tidal Basin
- Environmental consolidations
- Power and silt
- Drying a delta
- Legal maneuvers
- Notarizing possessions
- Commerce in land
- Un-real estate
- Speculative properties
- Disappearing coastlines.