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A history of Bangladesh / by Willem van Schendel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xxvi, 347 p. : ill., maps. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521861748 (hbk.)
  • 0521861748 (hbk.)
  • 9780521679749 (pbk.)
  • 0521679745 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.92
LOC classification:
  • 404 DS 394.5 S324h 2009
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 404 DS 394.5 S324h 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000105481

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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