A history of Bangladesh /

Schendel, Willem van.

A history of Bangladesh / Willem van Schendel. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 [Reprinted 2012]. - xxvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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