| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01348 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780199468119 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954.162 |
| Item number |
SAI-U |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Saikia, Arupjyoti |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Unquiet River |
| Sub Title |
: a biography of the Brahmaputra |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
USA |
| Name of publisher |
Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication |
2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
602p. |
| Accompanying material |
Included Map |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Include Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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 book 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 book allows the reader to imagine the Brahmaputra's course in history. This evocative and compelling book will be interesting reading for anyone trying to understand the past and the present of a river confronted by the twenty-first century's ambitious infrastructural designs to further re-engineer the river and its landscape. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Rivers |
| Form subdivision |
Brahmaputra River |
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Assam |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
