The Resource Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
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- Summary
- 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 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 study of human habitation in the nebulous space between land and water, charts a new way of thinking about land, people, and people's ways of life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 272 pages)
- Contents
-
- ""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 Chars""""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""Z""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Isbn
- 9780300189575
- Label
- Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia
- Title
- Dancing with the river
- Title remainder
- people and life on the chars of South Asia
- Statement of responsibility
- Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
- Subject
-
- Manners and customs
- South Asia -- Social life and customs
- Electronic books
- Human ecology -- Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)
- River life
- South Asia
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- South Asia
- Rural conditions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- South Asia -- Social conditions
- South Asia -- Rural conditions
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- South Asia
- River life -- South Asia
- Economic history
- South Asia -- Economic conditions
- Social conditions
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture | Agronomy | Crop Science
- Asia -- Ganges River Delta
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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 study of human habitation in the nebulous space between land and water, charts a new way of thinking about land, people, and people's ways of life
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Samanta, Gopa
- Series statement
- Yale agrarian studies series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- River life
- Human beings
- South Asia
- South Asia
- South Asia
- South Asia
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Economic history
- Human beings
- Human ecology
- Manners and customs
- River life
- Rural conditions
- Social conditions
- Asia
- South Asia
- Label
- Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""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 Chars""""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""Z""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Control code
- ocn849493504
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 272 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300189575
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 491243
- 22573/ctt3005b1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)849493504
- Label
- Dancing with the river : people and life on the chars of South Asia, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""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 Chars""""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""Z""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Control code
- ocn849493504
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 272 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300189575
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 491243
- 22573/ctt3005b1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)849493504
Subject
- Asia -- Ganges River Delta
- Economic history
- Electronic books
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- South Asia
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)
- Human ecology -- South Asia
- Manners and customs
- River life
- River life -- South Asia
- Rural conditions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- Social conditions
- South Asia
- South Asia -- Economic conditions
- South Asia -- Rural conditions
- South Asia -- Social conditions
- South Asia -- Social life and customs
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture | Agronomy | Crop Science
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