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Studies in Environment and History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2018

Debjani Bhattacharyya
Debjani Bhattacharyya
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Drexel University, Philadelphia
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Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta
The Making of Calcutta
 , pp. ii - iv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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