Political ecology of survival : life and labour in the river lands of East and North-East India /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Basu, Madhurilata (Editor), Roy, Rajat (Editor), Samāddāra, Raṇabīra (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Hyderabad: Orient black swan, 2018.
Subjects:
Riparian ecology > India.
Riparian ecology > India, Northeastern.
Political ecology > India.
Political ecology > India, Northeastern.
Valleys > India.
Valleys > India, Northeastern.
Economic history.
Political ecology.
Valleys.
India > Economic conditions.
India, Northeastern > Economic conditions.
India.
India, Northeastern.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Madhurilata Basu, Rajat Roy, Ranabir Samaddar
  • I. Floods and misgration along the Kosi River / Mithlesh Kumar
  • II. Ecology and livelihood in the Sundarbans / Sutirtha Bedajna
  • III. Death of a river and other accounts from Nadia / MIlan Datta and Madhurilata Basu
  • IV. Rivers, river bank erosion and survival in Murshidabad / Madhurilata Basu
  • V. The non-existent population in the Chars of Malda / Milan Datta
  • VI. Watery zones of refuge: state practices, popular politics and land in the Chars of Assam / Gulshan Parveen
  • VII. A valley of death: the golden river Subansiri / K.K. Chatradhara
  • VIII. A people's history of the Barak River / Sajal Nag
  • IX. Water laws, treaties and conventions / Shuvro Prosun Sarker.

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