Cargando…
Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia /
This book offers an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of 'hybrid environments.' Focusing on chars--the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal--the authors show how, both as real-life examples and as metapho...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Yale agrarian studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- CHAPTER 1. Introducing Chars: Where Lands Float on Water
- CHAPTER 2. Char Jage: A Char Rises
- CHAPTER 3. Controlling the River to Free Up Land
- CHAPTER 4. Bhitar o Bahir Katha: Inside and Outside Stories of Chars and the Mainland
- CHAPTER 5. Silent Footfalls: Peopling the Chars
- CHAPTER 6. Living with Risk: Beyond Vulnerability/Security
- CHAPTER 7. Livelihoods Defined by Water: Nadir Sathe Baas
- CHAPTER 8. Living on Chars, Drifting with Rivers
- Appendix: Full Census Data for Surveyed CharsNotes
- Glossary
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- References
- Index
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