A Schendel, Willem van. creator text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2009 [Reprinted 2012] 2009 monographic eng

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xxvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm. A land of water and silt -- Jungle, fields, cities and states -- A region of multiple frontiers -- The delta as a crossroads -- From the Mughal empire to the British empire -- The British impact -- A closing agrarian frontier -- Colonial conflicts -- Towards partition -- Partition -- The Pakistan experiment -- Pakistan falls apart -- East Pakistani livelihoods -- The roots of aid dependence -- A new elite and cultural renewal -- Armed conflict -- A state is born -- Imagining a new society -- Creating a political system -- Transnational linkages -- Bursting at the seams -- A national culture? -- Conclusion. Willem van Schendel. Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and index. Maatschappij Bangladesh History Bangladesh 954.92 9780521121903 9780521861748 (hbk.) 0521861748 (hbk.) 9780521679749 (pbk.) 0521679745 (pbk.) 2009284684 UKM 090723 19464