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On the banks of the Gaṅgā : when wastewater meets a sacred river / Kelly D. Alley.
LIBRA GF662.G36 A45 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alley, Kelly D., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh).
- Nature.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Water--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Water.
- Water--Pollution--Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh).
- Water--Pollution.
- Sewage--Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh).
- Sewage.
- Water quality--Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh).
- Water quality.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Religious life and customs.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Environmental conditions.
- Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh)--Religious life and customs.
- Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh).
- Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh)--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 296 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Explores the collision of sacred purity with environmental pollution of the river Ganga (Ganges).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 047209808X
- 0472068083
- OCLC:
- 50401848
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