Political ecology of survival
Subtitle: life and labour in the river lands of East and North-East India
By: edited by Madhurilata Basu, Rajat Roy, Ranabir Samaddar
Contributors: Samāddāra, Raṇabīra, editor
Publisher: Orient BlackSwan
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789352873616
Subjects: Political ecology; Valleys; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: This unique collection will interest students and scholars of migration studies, environmental studies, political science and anthropology. It will also be invaluable for development activists, journalists, policymakers and NGOs working in the field.
Notes: Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Madhurilata Basu, Rajat Roy, Ranabir Samaddar; title: I. Floods and misgration along the Kosi River / Mithlesh Kumar; title: II. Ecology and livelihood in the Sundarbans / Sutirtha Bedajna; title: III. Death of a river and other accounts from Nadia / MIlan Datta and Madhurilata Basu; title: IV. Rivers, river bank erosion and survival in Murshidabad / Madhurilata Basu; title: V. The non-existent population in the Chars of Malda / Milan Datta; title: VI. Watery zones of refuge: state practices, popular politics and land in the Chars of Assam / Gulshan Parveen; title: VII. A valley of death: the golden river Subansiri / K.K. Chatradhara; title: VIII. A people's history of the Barak River / Sajal Nag; title: IX. Water laws, treaties and conventions / Shuvro Prosun Sarker.