The Sundarbans
Author | : Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2017-07-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351587404 |
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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).