The Sundarbans: Folk Deities, Monsters and Mortals

By Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar

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).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032652934
• ISBN13: 9781032652931
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages