History of Bangladesh

Name: History of Bangladesh
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ISBN: 9780521679749

ISBN-10: 0521679745

ISBN-13: 9780521679749

Edition: 2009

Authors: Willem van Schendel

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Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's history reveals the country's vibrant, colourful past and its diverse culture as it navigates the extraordinary twists and turns that have created modern Bangladesh. The story begins with the early geological history of the delta which has decisively shaped Bangladesh society. The narrative then moves chronologically through the era of colonial rule, the partition of Bengal, the war with Pakistan and the birth of…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 374
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Willem van Schendel is Professor of Modern Asian History at the University of Amsterdam and Head of the Asia Department of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. His previous publications include Global Blue: Indigo and Espionage in Colonial Bengal (with Pierre-Paul Darrac, 2006) and The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia (2005).



List of plates


List of maps and figures


Acknowledgements


Timeline


Introduction



The Long View



A land of water and silt



Jungle, fields, cities and states



A region of multiple frontiers



The delta as a crossroads



Colonial Encounters



From the Mughal empire to the British empire



The British impact



A closing agrarian frontier



Colonial conflicts



Towards Partition



Partition



Becoming East Pakistan



The Pakistan experiment



Pakistan falls apart



East Pakistani livelihoods



The roots of aid dependence



A new elite and cultural renewal



War And The Birth Of Bangladesh



Armed conflict



A state is born



Imagining a new society



Independent Bangladesh



Creating a political system



Transnational linkages



Bursting at the seams



A national culture?





Bangladesh district maps


Key political figures since 1947


Glossary of Bengali terms


Notes


Bibliography


Index