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UNINA9910808653603321 |
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Autore |
Lahiri-Dutt Kuntala |
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Titolo |
Dancing with the River : People and Life on the Chars of South Asia / / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-300-18957-5 |
0-300-18830-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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Yale Agrarian Studies Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human beings - Effect of environment on - South Asia |
Human ecology - South Asia |
River life - South Asia |
South Asia Economic conditions |
South Asia Rural conditions |
South Asia Social conditions |
South Asia Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introducing Chars -- Chapter 2. Char Jage -- Chapter 3. Controlling the River to Free Up Land -- Chapter 4. Bhitar o Bahir Katha -- Chapter 5. Silent Footfalls -- Chapter 6. Living with Risk -- Chapter 7. Livelihoods Defined by Water -- Chapter 8. Living on Chars, Drifting with Rivers -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of "hybrid landscapes." 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 metaphors, chars straddle the conventional categories of land and water, and how people who live on them fluctuate between legitimacy and illegitimacy. The result, a |
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