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A Delta and Its People Hindus and Buddhists Bengal Under Muslim Rule Bengal Under the Company Bengal Under the Raj Toward Independence and Partition A Province of Pakistan Democracy, Authoritarianism, Limited Democracy, 19721982 Military Rule and Democracy Restored, 19821996 Economic and Social Development Bangladesh in the World System Democracy or Authoritarianism? Development or Stagnation?

About the Author

Craig Baxter is professor emeritus of politics and history at Juanita College.Yogendra Malik is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Akron.Charles Kennedy is professor of political science at Wake Forest University.Robert Oberst is associate professor of political science at Nebraska Wesleyan University.