Erica Mukherjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Mukherjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Mukherjee |
| SIGNATURE | MUKHERJEE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stony Brook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5793-2093 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Imperial ambition left high and dry: The failure of the East India Company’s steam-powered dredging vessel
In the 1820s, the East India Company commissioned a steam-powered dredging vessel to be constructed and set to work on a series of rivers that connected their capital of Calcutta with the Ganges River, and thus major commercial and population centers in northern India. The vessel, however, was a failure. It could not float on the rivers it was meant to dredge. This hitherto untold narrative of early steam engines on the subcontinent argues that t…
The Impermanent Settlement: Bengal’s Riparian Landscape, 1793–1846
In 1793, the East India Company (EIC) drafted the Permanent Settlement, a legal regime designed to stabilize property ownership and incentivize landowning zamindars to improve the agricultural productivity of their land by fixing their tax obligations in perpetuity. The EIC imposed this legal fiction of stability over the unstable riparian landscape of Bengal. As accretion and erosion continued to alter the size of zamindari holdings along riverb…
When Autocratic Regimes Are Cheap and Play Dirty: The Transaction Costs of Repression in South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt
When Autocratic Regimes Are Cheap and Play Dirty: The Transaction Costs of Repression in South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt
The Impermanent Settlement: Bengal’s Riparian Landscape, 1793–1846
In 1793, the East India Company (EIC) drafted the Permanent Settlement, a legal regime designed to stabilize property ownership and incentivize landowning zamindars to improve the agricultural productivity of their land by fixing their tax obligations in perpetuity. The EIC imposed this legal fiction of stability over the unstable riparian landscape of Bengal. As accretion and erosion continued to alter the size of zamindari holdings along riverb…
When Autocratic Regimes Are Cheap and Play Dirty: The Transaction Costs of Repression in South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt
The Impermanent Settlement: Bengal’s Riparian Landscape, 1793–1846
In 1793, the East India Company (EIC) drafted the Permanent Settlement, a legal regime designed to stabilize property ownership and incentivize landowning zamindars to improve the agricultural productivity of their land by fixing their tax obligations in perpetuity. The EIC imposed this legal fiction of stability over the unstable riparian landscape of Bengal. As accretion and erosion continued to alter the size of zamindari holdings along riverb…
Imperial ambition left high and dry: The failure of the East India Company’s steam-powered dredging vessel
In the 1820s, the East India Company commissioned a steam-powered dredging vessel to be constructed and set to work on a series of rivers that connected their capital of Calcutta with the Ganges River, and thus major commercial and population centers in northern India. The vessel, however, was a failure. It could not float on the rivers it was meant to dredge. This hitherto untold narrative of early steam engines on the subcontinent argues that t…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Autocracy (1 works) · BENGAL (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works)