Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta - The Making of Calcutta - Debjani Bhattacharyya - Paperback Bog - Cambridge University Press - 2019 - Engelsk
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history, which spans from 1760 to 1920, demonstrates how colonial property law and hydraulic engineering transformed the ecology of the Bengal delta to drain Calcutta.
