Land, Water, and Humans in the Bengal Delta
A Public Seminar Book Talk | Debjani Bhattacharyya, Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta
This live webinar is on Thursday, June 18, 2020, from 12:00-1:00 PM EST.
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 tog…
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