MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01835cam a22003134a 4500
001 2003020655
003 DLC
005 20141127074219.0
008 030916s2004 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003020655
020 $a1891936298 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1891936301 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-ii---
050 00 $aQH183$b.T54 2004
082 00 $a304.2/0954/1$222
100 1 $aThomas, Frederic C.
245 10 $aTo the mouths of the Ganges :$ban ecological and cultural journey /$cFrederic C. Thomas.
260 $aNorwalk, [Conn.] :$bEastBridge,$cc2004.
300 $axii, 207 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aSignature books
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.
505 0 $aChanging 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.
650 0 $aStream ecology$zGanges River (India and Bangladesh)
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zGanges River (India and Bangladesh)
651 0 $aGanges River (India and Bangladesh)$xSocial life and customs.
830 0 $aSignature books (White Plains, N.Y.)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003020655.html