Floating economies : the cultural ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India /

"In the Himalayas of the Indian part of Kashmir three communities depend on the ecology of the Dal lake: market gardeners, houseboat owners and fishers. Floating Economies describes for the first time the complex intermeshing economy, social structure and ecology of the area against the backgro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Casimir, Michael J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2021.
Temas:
Human ecology > India > Dal Lake.
Ecology > Economic aspects > India > Dal Lake.
Agriculture > India > Dal Lake.
Tourism > India > Dal Lake.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Agriculture.
Ecology.
Ecology > Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Human ecology.
Social conditions.
Tourism.
Dal Lake (India) > Economic conditions.
Dal Lake (India) > Social conditions.
Dal Lake (India) > Environmental conditions.
India > Dal Lake.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Valley of Kashmir and Dal Lake
  • Kashmir's early history and the conversion to Islam
  • The social organization of contemporary Kashmiri Muslim society
  • The market gardeners of Dal Lake : early accounts
  • The market gardeners' economy today
  • The productivity of lacustrine market gardening
  • The houseboat owner community and the development of tourism on Dal Lake
  • The Gad Hanz : the last fishers on the Dal
  • The degradation of the Dal : causes and impacts
  • The political ecology of a degrading lake : a paradise lost?

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