Encyclopaedia of South Asia : Bangladesh/S.K. Khanna and K.N. Sudarshan. 1998, viii, 322 p., $33.
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Geography. 3. Climate. 4. Land and people. 5. Emergence of Bangladesh. 6. Planning and development administration. 7. Politics. 8. Muslim Bengal. 9. Religious minorities in Bangladesh. 10. Movement for food. 11. Agriculture. 12. Industry. 13. Natural resources. 14. Foreign affairs. 15. Local level groups. 16. Class relations. 17. Literature. 18. Democracy in Bangladesh. 19. Bangladesh and SAARC. Index.
"The aim of this encyclopaedia of the countries of South Asia is, to make their worlds accessible to as wide a public as possible. At the same time there is the aim of offering new knowledge to the specialist. This volume, Bangladesh moreover, is arranged in chapters that readers may absorb a large chunk of knowledge, say in history or in culture, or even if they choose, try to embrace the encyclopaedia as a whole." (jacket)
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