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To the mouths of the Ganges : an ecological and cultural journey / Frederic C. Thomas.

By: Series: Signature books (White Plains, N.Y.)Publication details: Norwalk, [Conn.] : EastBridge, c2004.Description: xii, 207 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1891936298 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1891936301 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2/0954/1 22
LOC classification:
  • QH183 .T54 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QH183 .T54 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001178846

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.

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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