TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schendel,Willem van
TI  - A history of Bangladesh
SN  - 9780521861748 (hbk.)
U1  - 954.92 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Maatschappij
KW  - gtt
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - History
KW  - Bangla Desh
N1  - 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
ER  -