To the mouths of the Ganges
Subtitle: an ecological and cultural journey
By: Frederic C. Thomas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Signature books; Signature books (White Plains, N.Y.)
Publisher: Eastbridge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Norwalk, [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Stream ecology -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh); Human ecology -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh); Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Changing course of the river; value: Bhagirathi and Hooghly; value: Bhagirathi and the upper reaches; value: Hooghly and the lower reaches; value: Calcutta; value: Edge of the Indian sundarbans; value: Sanctity of the Ganges; value: Where the Ganges meets the sea; value: Castes and lineages; value: Padma and Meghna; value: Down the Padma; value: Chars; value: Landlords and tenants; value: Dhaka; value: The active delta; value: Riverbank erosion and accretion; value: Flood control; value: Cyclones and tidal surges; value: To the Meghna estuary; value: The offshore chars; value: The Chittagong coast; value: Madhumati and Sundarbans; value: Moribund delta; value: Gorai and Madhumati; value: Embankments and shrimp cultures; value: Flood plains and fisheries; value: Sundarbans revisited; value: Orthodoxy and folk culture.