| Description |
1 online resource (x, 202 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Photographs; Preface and Acknowledgements; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. The Sundarbans: Folk Deities, Monsters and Mortals An Introduction; 2. Fearsome Forests, Rising Tides: A Historical Geography of the Sundarbans; 3. The Sundarbans in punthi Literature; 4. Tilman Henckell: An Advocate of Colonial Paternalism; 5. Land Reclamation from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century; 6. Development of the Port at Canning and Gosaba Co-operative; 7. Tebhaga in Kakdwip |
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8. The Sundarbans in Modern Bengali Fiction9. The Mangrove and the Man: A Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British. For two centuries, land-hungry peasants strove to transform the tidal forest vegetation into an agro- ecosystem dominated by paddy fields and fish culture. The construction of a permanent railroad led to the spreading of the co- operative movement, the formation of peasant organizations, and finally culminated in open rebellion by the peasants (tebhaga)."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-198) and index |
| Subject |
Peasant uprisings -- India
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Colonization
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Peasant uprisings
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| SUBJECT |
Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- History
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India -- Colonization
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| Subject |
Asia -- Sundarbans
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India
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315100876 |
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1315100878 |
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9781351587402 |
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1351587404 |
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9781351587419 |
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1351587412 |
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9781351587396 |
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1351587390 |
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