Climate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta, c.1737-1947offes a climatic and environmental history of the deltaic plains of Bengal. Unlike the prevalent model of history –writing, this book tackles historical issues in ecological, biological and cultural terms, turning away from conventional ideological and Political approaches. The volume examines how the delta’s Political economy, production, crop pattern culture and economy developed and were transformed by shifts in climate, forests, river systems and hydrology.