The Sundarbans
Folk Deities, Monsters and Mortals| By: | Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138103702 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781351587402 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2017 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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).