ecology, state and social change, 1840-1943 Iqbal, Iftekhar creator author. text bibliography enk Basingstoke, England Plagrave Macmillan c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xx, 268p.: illus., maps; 24 cm. Introduction -- Ecology and agrarian relations in the nineteenth century -- Economy and society : the myth and reality of "Sonar Bangla" -- The political ecology of the peasant : the Faraizi Movement between revolution and passive resistance -- Return of the Bhadralok : the agrarian environment and the nation -- The railways and the water regime -- Fighting with a weed : the 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. Iftekhar Iqbal. Includes Index and Bibliographical reference. Human ecology India Bengal History Nationalism India Bengal History Political ecology India Bengal Agriculture India Bengal History Social change India History Bengal (India) -- Environmental conditions Bengal (India) -- Politics and government Agriculture Ecology Political ecology 304.2095492 IQB 2010 9781349312214 (Hardback) 9780333919088 (Hardback) 9780333919095 (Paperback) 632079110 BD-DhBPA 201006 20220110121611.0