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9780199468119

The Unquiet River A Biography of the Brahmaputra

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    9780199468119

  • ISBN10:

    0199468117

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-02-05
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Arupjyoti Saikia, Professor, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati

Arupjyoti Saikia is Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in IIT Guwahati, India

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements
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

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