History of Bangladesh / by Willem van Schendel.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xxvi, 347 p. : ill., maps. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780521121903
- 954.92 SCH
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Gratis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index.
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.
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