Boats of South Asia /

An important book for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, this text covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-continent today for fishing and other coastal or riverine tasks.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGrail, Sean
Otros Autores: Blue, Lucy Katherine, Kentley, Eric, Palmer, Colin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon : in association with the Society for South Asian Studies, 2003.
Colección:RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia.
Temas:
Maritime anthropology > South Asia.
Boats and boating > South Asia.
Boatbuilding > South Asia.
Anthropologie maritime > Asie méridionale.
Bateaux > Conception et construction > Asie méridionale.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Boatbuilding
Boats and boating
Manners and customs
Maritime anthropology
Onderwaterarcheologie.
Scheepsbouw.
South Asia > Social life and customs.
Asie méridionale > Mœurs et coutumes.
South Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION / BASIL GREENHILL
  • chapter 1 AIMS AND METHODS / SEAŃ MCGRAIL
  • chapter 2 THE REVERSE-CLINKER BOATS OF BANGLADESH / SEAŃ MCGRAIL AND LUCY BLUE
  • chapter Reverse-clinker planking
  • chapter 3 The reverse-clinker boats of Orissa and West Bengal SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE AND ERIC KENTLEY
  • chapter The patia and other South Asian reverse-clinker boats
  • chapter 4 THE SMOOTH-SKINNED TRADITIONAL INLAND BOATS OF BANGLADESH / COLIN PALMER
  • chapter Construction method
  • chapter 5 The masula - A sewn plank surf boat of India's Eastern Coast ERIC KENTLEY
  • chapter Distribution and use
  • chapter Acknowledgements
  • chapter 6 The madel paruwa of Sri Lanka - A sewn boat with chine strakes ERIC KENTLEY
  • chapter The outrigger paru
  • chapter 7 The vattai fishing boat and related frame-first vessels of Tamil Nadu / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE, ERIC KENTLEY AND COLIN PALMER
  • chapter Fieldwork
  • chapter 8 HIDE BOATS OF THE RIVER KAVERI, TAMIL NADU / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE AND COLIN PALMER
  • chapter Equipment
  • chapter Uses
  • chapter 9 A HYDRODYNAMIC EVALUATION OF FOUR TYPES OF BOAT / COLIN PALMER
  • chapter Conclusions
  • chapter Froude Number (Fn)
  • chapter Wetted Surface Ratio (WSA/V )
  • chapter 10 THE WAY AHEAD / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE, ERIC KENTLEY AND COLIN PALMER
  • chapter APPENDIX: REVERSE-CLINKER PLANKING AND HULC PLANKING PATTERNS, WORLDWIDE
  • chapter Hulc planking patterns
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