The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British. For two centuries, land-hungry peasants strove to transform the tidal forest vegetation into an agro- ecosystem dominated by paddy fields and fish culture. The construction of a permanent railroad led to the spreading of the co- operative movement, the formation of peasant organizations, and finally culminated in open rebellion by the peasants (tebhaga).
By:
Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 560g ISBN:9781138103702 ISBN 10: 1138103705 Pages: 202 Publication Date:21 June 2017 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar is Reader, Department of History in the University of West Bengal State University.
