The Sundarbans : folk deities, monsters, and mortals / Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar.

By:

Sarkar, Sutapa Chatterjee

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Social Science Press ; Bangalore : Distributed by, Orient BlackSwan, c2010.Description: x, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:

9788187358350 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- Civilization

DDC classification:

23 954.14 SAR 007282

LOC classification:

DS485.S793 S37 2010

Contents:

The Sundarbans : folk deities, monsters and mortals : an introduction Fearsome forests, rising tides : a historical geography of the Sundarbans The Sundarbans in punthi literature Tilman Henckell : an advocate of colonial paternalism Land reclamation from the eighteenth to the twentieth century Development of the port at Canning and Gosaba Co-operative Tebhaga in Kakdwip The Sundarbans in modern Bengali fiction The mangrove and the man : a conclusion.

Summary: On the cultural history of Sundarbans, Bangladesh and India.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	954.14 SAR 007282 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007282

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-198) and index.

The Sundarbans : folk deities, monsters and mortals : an introduction
Fearsome forests, rising tides : a historical geography of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans in punthi literature
Tilman Henckell : an advocate of colonial paternalism
Land reclamation from the eighteenth to the twentieth century
Development of the port at Canning and Gosaba Co-operative
Tebhaga in Kakdwip
The Sundarbans in modern Bengali fiction
The mangrove and the man : a conclusion.

On the cultural history of Sundarbans, Bangladesh and India.

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