Climate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta, C.1737-1947

by Ranjan Chakrabarti

Climate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta, c.1737-1947 offers a climatic and environmental history of the deltaic plains of Bengal. Unlike the prevalent model of history-writing, this book tackles historical issues in ecological, biological and cultural terms, turning away from conventional ideological and political approaches. The volume examines how the delta's political economy, production, crop pattern, inland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9355725205
• ISBN13: 9789355725202
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"