The Bengal Delta : Ecology, State and Social Change, 1840-1943 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-colonial Studies)

Iqbal, Iftekhar

Palgrave Macmillan（2010/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 268 p.／サイズ 16 b/w illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230231832
• DDC分類 941

Full Description

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.

Contents

Tables, Maps and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary Introduction Ecology and Agrarian Relations in the Nineteenth Century Economy and Society: The Myth and Reality of 'Sonar Bangla' Political Ecology of the Peasant: The Faraizi Movement Between Revolution and Passive Resistance Return of the Bhadralok: Agrarian Environment and the Nation The Railways and the Water Regime Fighting With a Weed: Water Hyacinth, the State and the Public Square Between Food Availability Decline and Entitlement Exchange: An Ecological Prehistory of the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 Reflections Notes Appendixes Bibliography Index