Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta

by Debjani Bhattacharyya

Book Overview

What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108443346
• ISBN13: 9781108443340
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"