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Delta life : exploring dynamic environments where rivers meet the sea / edited by Franz Krause and Mark Harris.
Penn Museum Library GB591 .D45 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 28.
- Environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deltas.
- Deltas--Environmental aspects.
- Ethnology.
- Water-supply.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents 'delta life' with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of delta inhabitants. Conceptually, the collection develops 'delta life' as a metaphor for approaching continual and intersecting sociocultural, economic and material transformations more widely. The book revolves around questions of hydrosociality, volatility, rhythms and scale. It thereby yields insights into people's lives that conventional, hydrological approaches to deltas cannot provide"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Delta life
- ISBN:
- 9781800731240
- 1800731248
- OCLC:
- 1202230908
- Publisher Number:
- 99988374290
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