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020			_a978-1-108-70658-8 _c₹ 795.00 _q(pbk)
020			_a9781108425742 _q(hbk : alk. paper)
040			_aMahanirbar Calcutta Research Group Library _bEnglish
041			_aeng
082	0	4	_223 _a954.1470903 _bBHA
100	1		_aBhattacharyya, Debjani
245	1	0	_aEmpire and ecology in the Bengal Delta _bthe making of Calcutta _cDebjani Bhattacharyya
250			_aRestricted South Asia ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge Univ. Press _c2019
300			_axvi, 241 p. : _bill., graphs, maps ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aStudies in environment and history
504			_aincl. bibliographical references and index
505	0	0	_aList 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			_aWhat 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	_aClimatic changes _zIndia _zKolkata
650		0	_aHuman ecology _zIndia
650		0	_aGanges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) _xHistory
650		4	_aEnvironmental history,
650		4	_aArea studies
650		4	_aSouth Asian history
650		4	_aAsian Studies
650		4	_aRegional History after 1500
650		4	_aEnvironmental sciences _xHistory _zIndia _zKolkata
650		4	_aHuman ecology _xHistory _zIndia _zKolkata
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947
651		0	_aBengal (India) _xHistory
651		4	_aBay of Bengal
651		4	_aBritish colonies
651		4	_aIndia _xHistoryHistory _xBritish occupation _y1765-1947
651		4	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1765-1947
800	1		_aMcNeill, J. R.
800	1		_aRussell, Edmund P.
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