Boats of South Asia / / Sean McGrail with Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley and Colin Palmer ; introduction by Basil Greenhill
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| Autore: |
McGrail Sean
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| Titolo: |
Boats of South Asia / / Sean McGrail with Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley and Colin Palmer ; introduction by Basil Greenhill
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 316 p. ) : ill., maps |
| Disciplina: | 623.8/2/00954 |
| Soggetto topico: | Maritime anthropology - South Asia |
| Boats and boating - South Asia | |
| Boatbuilding - South Asia | |
| Soggetto geografico: | South Asia Social life and customs |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Boats of South Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-134-43130-9 |
| 0-415-29746-X | |
| 1-134-43131-7 | |
| 1-280-19541-X | |
| 0-203-21689-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823642603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
RoutledgeCurzon--IIAS Asian studies series.
Monograph of the Society for South Asian Studies.