Book contents
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2021
Book contents
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
History lives in the every day. When a boy stoops down to plant rice seedlings in Mahasthan, he can be sure that others have performed the same act, in the same field, for at least 3,000 years. When a honey collector bows to the goddess Bonbibi before entering the Sundarban wetlands, they stand in a millennia-long tradition. And when a woman sees floodwater submerging her home, she knows that, for tens of thousands of years, her forebears have had the same experience.
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- A History of Bangladesh , pp. 333 - 334Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020