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The Bengal Delta - (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies) by I Iqbal (Hardcover)

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With a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness.
About the Author: IFTEKHAR IQBAL is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
268 Pages
History, Europe
Series Name: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

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Book Synopsis

With a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness.

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'The book's...special contribution is to emphasize the enviornment...that too is obviously a subject worth investigating.' - Reviews in History

About the Author

IFTEKHAR IQBAL is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has degrees in history from Dhaka and Cambridge Universities. His research focuses on the environmental history of modern South Asia, especially in Bengal, and its relationship to both local and global political, economic and social forces.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .97 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 268

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Europe

Series Title: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: Great Britain, General

Format: Hardcover

Author: I Iqbal

Language: English

Street Date: October 20, 2010

TCIN: 1006477106

UPC: 9780230231832

Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-3186

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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