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020			_a9780199468119
082			_a954.162 _bSAI-U
100			_aSaikia, Arupjyoti
245			_aUnquiet River _b: a biography of the Brahmaputra
260			_a USA _bOxford University Press _c2020
300			_a602p. _eIncluded Map
504			_aInclude Index
520			_aThe 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			_aRivers _vBrahmaputra River _vAssam _zIndia
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