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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823642603321

Autore

McGrail Sean

Titolo

Boats of South Asia / / Sean McGrail with Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley and Colin Palmer ; introduction by Basil Greenhill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

1-134-43130-9

0-415-29746-X

1-134-43131-7

1-280-19541-X

0-203-21689-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 316 p. ) : ill., maps

Collana

Monograph of the Society for South Asian Studies

RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia

Disciplina

623.8/2/00954

Soggetti

Maritime anthropology - South Asia

Boats and boating - South Asia

Boatbuilding - South Asia

South Asia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Basil Greenhill Introduction 1. Sean McGrail Aims and Methods 2. Sean McGrail and Lucy Blue The Reverse-Clinker Boats of Bangladesh 3. Sean McGrail, Lucy Blue and Eric Kentley The Reverse-Clinker Boats of Orissa and West Bengal 4. Colin Palmer The Smooth-Skinned Traditional Inland Boats of Bangladesh 5. Eric Kentley The Masula - A Sewn Plank Surf Boat of India's Eastern Coast 6. Eric Kentley The Madel Paruwa of Sri Lanka - A Sewn Boat with Chine Strakes 7. Sean McGrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley and Colin Palmer The Vattai Fishing Boat and Related Frame-First Vessels of Tamil Nadu 8. Sean McGrail, Lucy Blue and Colin Palmer Hide Boats of the River Kaveri, Tamil Nadu 9. Colin Palmer A Hydrodynamic Evaluation of Four Types of Boat 10. Sean McGrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley and Colin Palmer The Way Ahead

Sommario/riassunto

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.