Schendel, Willem van <br/><br/>
A history of Bangladesh 
by Willem van Schendel 
 - Cambridge  Cambridge Univeristy Press  2009 
 - xxvi, 347 p. : ill., maps. ; 23 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index. Introduction; Part I. The Long View: 1. A land of water and silt; 2. Jungle, fields, cities and states; 3. A region of multiple frontiers; 4. The Delta as a crossroads; Part II. Colonial Encounters; 5. From the Mughal Empire to the British Empire; 6. The British impact; 7. A closing agrarian frontier; 8. Colonial conflicts; 9. Towards partition; 10. Partition; Part III. Becoming East Pakistan: 11. The Pakistan experiment; 12. Pakistan falls apart; 13. East Pakistani livelihoods; 14. The roots of aid dependence; 15. A new elite and cultural renewal; Part IV. War and the Birth of Bangladesh: 16. Armed conflict; 17. A state is born; 18. Imagining a new society; Part V. Independent Bangladesh: 19. Creating a political system; 20. Transnational linkages; 21. Bursting at the seams; 22. A national culture?; Conclusion 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521679749 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2009284684 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bangla Desh<br/>Bangladesh - History<br/>Maatschappij
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.92 SCH