To the mouths of the Ganges an ecological and cultural journey
Changing course of the river -- Bhagirathi and Hooghly -- Bhagirathi and the upper reaches -- Hooghly and the lower reaches -- Calcutta -- Edge of the Indian sundarbans -- Sanctity of the Ganges -- Where the Ganges meets the sea -- Castes and lineages -- Padma and Meghna -- Down the Padma -- Chars -...
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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Norwalk, Conn.
Eastbridge
2003
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed |
| Schriftenreihe: | Signature books
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Changing course of the river -- Bhagirathi and Hooghly -- Bhagirathi and the upper reaches -- Hooghly and the lower reaches -- Calcutta -- Edge of the Indian sundarbans -- Sanctity of the Ganges -- Where the Ganges meets the sea -- Castes and lineages -- Padma and Meghna -- Down the Padma -- Chars -- Landlords and tenants -- Dhaka -- The active delta -- Riverbank erosion and accretion -- Flood control -- Cyclones and tidal surges -- To the Meghna estuary -- The offshore chars -- The Chittagong coast -- Madhumati and Sundarbans -- Moribund delta -- Gorai and Madhumati -- Embankments and shrimp cultures -- Flood plains and fisheries -- Sundarbans revisited -- Orthodoxy and folk culture |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 207 S Kt. |
| ISBN: | 1891936298 1-891936-29-8 1891936301 1-891936-30-1 |