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4.0
Yes, Bangladesh is subject to natural disasters and natural forces, but this book delineates how human structures and actions have contributed to the hardship of millions.
I wish I had encountered this book earlier, to accompany my readings of Bangladeshi newspapers which can't or don't provide what is common/unspoken understanding there. It is a lucid look at what is behind the realities of Bangladesh, and thus the impressions of Bangladesh--even though this book is a distillation of the authors' fieldwork and life undertaken for several months in a Bangladeshi village in the late 1970s it is still relevant for understanding the realities and discourse today. I did find myself wishing that there was a contemporary match for this book, though--that someone would perform this act of perspective in the current times, not to replace this work but to supplement it.
I wish I had encountered this book earlier, to accompany my readings of Bangladeshi newspapers which can't or don't provide what is common/unspoken understanding there. It is a lucid look at what is behind the realities of Bangladesh, and thus the impressions of Bangladesh--even though this book is a distillation of the authors' fieldwork and life undertaken for several months in a Bangladeshi village in the late 1970s it is still relevant for understanding the realities and discourse today. I did find myself wishing that there was a contemporary match for this book, though--that someone would perform this act of perspective in the current times, not to replace this work but to supplement it.
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