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SPEAKING RIVERS IBD

RATNA SAGAR P LTD.
04 / 2018
9789386552839
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The question of water and humanádependence on river systems hasábecome a major public concern ofáthe twenty-first century. Based on aálong term historical study of a floodácountry in the mid-Ganga basin,áSpeaking Rivers: EnvironmentaláHistory of a Mid-Ganga FloodáCountry, 1540&ndash,1885 looks at theáchanging perception of the peopleáfrom a useful to a problematic river.ááBased on environmental, agriculturaláand cultural histories it explores theáBritish colonial policy that alteredáthe age-old relationship betweenáthe people and the river, and theálong-term landscapeátransformations and croppingápattern changes that have beenátaking shape since early modernátimes. This ábook journeys througháthe flood plains of Bihar where SheráShah&rsquo,s ideas of local governance andáecological regime were altered byáthe Mughals and reversedácompletely by the European notion of a regimented Greater Bengal.ááVipul sees a strong connectionábetween economy and environmentáand goes on to question theápresumed relationship betweenáflood control and modernity, andáexplains as to why even todayáecologically vulnerable diara landáremains as the centre of conflictáand dispute.

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64,40