TY - BOOK AU - Schendel,Willem van TI - History of Bangladesh SN - 9780521121903 U1 - 954.92 SCH PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Maatschappij KW - gtt KW - Bangladesh KW - History KW - Bangla Desh N1 - 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 UR - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26037 ER -