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| ISBN |
978-1-108-70658-8 |
| Printed Price |
₹ 795.00 |
| Qualifying information |
(pbk) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781108425742 |
| Qualifying information |
(hbk : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Mahanirbar Calcutta Research Group Library |
| Language of cataloging |
English |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| DDC Edition No. |
23 |
| Class No. |
954.1470903 |
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BHA |
| 100 1# - FIRST AUTHOR (IF A PERSON) |
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| Name of author |
Bhattacharyya, Debjani |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Empire and ecology in the Bengal Delta |
| Sub-title |
the making of Calcutta |
| Statement of responsibility |
Debjani Bhattacharyya |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Restricted South Asia ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge Univ. Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| No. of pages |
xvi, 241 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., graphs, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Studies in environment and history |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
incl. bibliographical references and index |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: almanac of a tidal basin -- Part I. Environmental Consolidations: 1. Power and silt; -- 2. Drying a delta -- Part II. Legal Maneuvers: 3. Notarizing possessions; -- 4. Commerce in land -- Part III. Unreal Estate: 5. Speculative properties -- Conclusion: disappearing coastlines -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together. Pushing beyond narratives of environmental decline, Bhattacharyya argues that "property-thinking," a governing tool critical in making land and water discrete categories of bureaucratic and legal management, was at the heart of colonial urbanization and the technologies behind the draining of Calcutta. The story of ecological change is narrated alongside emergent practices of land speculation and transformation in colonial law. Bhattacharyya demonstrates how this history continues to shape our built environments with devastating consequences, as shown in the Bay of Bengal's receding coastline publisher's description |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Climatic changes |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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Kolkata |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Human ecology |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Environmental history, |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Area studies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
South Asian history |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Asian Studies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Regional History after 1500 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Environmental sciences |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Kolkata |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
Human ecology |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Kolkata |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
British occupation, 1765-1947 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Bengal (India) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Bay of Bengal |
| 651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
British colonies |
| 651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
HistoryHistory |
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British occupation |
| Chronological subdivision |
1765-1947 |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
1765-1947 |
| 800 1# - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
McNeill, J. R. |
| 800 1# - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Russell, Edmund P. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
