The unquiet river : a biography of the Brahmaputra / Arupjyoti Saikia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saikia, Arupjyoti, 1969- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assam (India)--History.

Assam (India).

Brahmaputra River--History.

Brahmaputra River.

Human ecology--India--Assam.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Brahmaputra River Valley.

River life--Brahmaputra River Valley.

River life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-099040-6

0-19-099043-0