Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

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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.

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Forlag Cambridge University Press
Forfatter Debjani (Drexel University Bhattacharyya
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 13-06-2019
Første udgivelsesår 2019
Serie Studies in Environment and History
Illustrationer Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white
Originalsprog United Kingdom
Sideantal 258
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Cambridge University Press
Sideoplysninger 258 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white
Mål 228 x 151 x 25
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9781108443340