[PDF.28jv] Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of “hybrid environments.” Focusing on chars—the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal—the authors show how, both as real-life examples and as metaphors, chars straddle the conventional categories of land and water, and how people who live on them fluctuate betwee...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)   |  Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Gopa Samanta. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.