Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta :
Bhattacharyya, Debjani,
Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel University. - xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in environment and history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
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.
"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"--
9781108706858 (pbk.) 9781108425742 (hbk.)
2017059343
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.
DS485.G25 / B488 2018
954.14703 BHA / 015665
Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta : the making of Calcutta / Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel University. - xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in environment and history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
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.
"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"--
9781108706858 (pbk.) 9781108425742 (hbk.)
2017059343
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.
DS485.G25 / B488 2018
954.14703 BHA / 015665