TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharyya,Debjani
TI  - Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta: the making of Calcutta 
T2  - Studies in environment and history
SN  - 9781108706858 (pbk.)
AV  - DS485.G25 B488 2018
U1  - 954.14703 BHA 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - India
KW  - Kolkata
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)
KW  - History
KW  - British occupation, 1765-1947
KW  - Bengal (India)
KW  - Kolkata (India)
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -