A history of Bangladesh
By: by Willem van Schendel.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780521861748; 9780521679749
Subjects: Maatschappij; Bangladesh -- History; Bangla Desh
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index.
Table of contents: title: A land of water and silt; title: Jungle, fields, cities and states; title: A region of multiple frontiers; title: The delta as a crossroads; title: From the Mughal empire to the British empire; title: The British impact; title: A closing agrarian frontier; title: Colonial conflicts; title: Towards partition; title: Partition; title: The Pakistan experiment; title: Pakistan falls apart; title: East Pakistani livelihoods; title: The roots of aid dependence; title: A new elite and cultural renewal; title: Armed conflict; title: A state is born; title: Imagining a new society; title: Creating a political system; title: Transnational linkages; title: Bursting at the seams; title: A national culture?; title: Conclusion.