The unquiet river : a biography of the Brahmaputra / Arupjyoti Saikia.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190990435 (ebook) :Subject(s): Assam (India) -- History
| Brahmaputra River -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199468119DDC classification: 954.162 LOC classification: DS485.A87Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The 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.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 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.
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