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010			_a 2020325024
020			_a9780199468119 _q(hardback)
020			_a0199468117 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780190990404 _q(eBook)
020			_z0190990406 _q(eBook)
025			_aI-E-2020325024 ; 56-92
037			_bLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
042			_alcode _apcc
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050	0	0	_aGF662.A87 _bS25 2019
082			_a333.916409541
100	1		_aSaikia, Arupjyoti, _d1969- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe unquiet river : _ba biography of the Brahmaputra / _cArupjyoti Saikia.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2019.
300			_axxxv, 583 pages : _billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
365			_brS. 1395.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (514-567) and index.
505			_aAcknowledgements; Note on Geography, Spelling, Illustrations, and Referencing Style; List of figures and tables; Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1: The River and Its Floodplain Environment; Chapter 2: Life in a Floodplain Environment; Chapter 3: Boats on the River; Chapter 4: The Ebb and Flow of Riverine Pursuits; Part 2; Chapter 5: Enter the Steamer; Chapter 6: Redesigning an Enigmatic River; Part 3; Chapter 7: Unruly Landscapes, Fluid Geographies; Chapter 8: Tea Plants Move to the Uplands; Chapter 9: Jute in the Floodplains; Chapter 10: In the Time of Earthquakes; Part 4; Chapter 11: Reining in the Recalcitrant River; Chapter 12: The Nation's River; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
520			_aThe unruly Brahmaputra has always been an agent in shaping both the landscape of its valley and the livelihoods of its inhabitants. But how much do we know of this river's rich past? Historian Arupjyoti Saikia's biography of the Brahmaputra reimagines the layered history of Assam with the unquiet river at the centre. The text combines a range of disciplinary scholarship to unravel the geological forces as well as human endeavour which have shaped the river into what it is today. Wonderfully illuminated with archival detail and interwoven with narratives and striking connections, the work allows the reader to imagine the Brahmaputra's course in history. This evocative volume will be interesting reading for anyone trying to understand the past and the present of a river confronted by the 21st century's ambitious infrastructural designs to further re-engineer the river and its landscape.
530			_aAlso available as an e-book
650		0	_aHuman ecology _zIndia _zAssam.
650		0	_aHuman ecology _zBrahmaputra River Valley.
650		0	_aRiver life _zBrahmaputra River Valley.
651		0	_aBrahmaputra River Valley _xHistory.
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