TY - BOOK AU - Saikia,Arupjyoti TI - Unquiet River: a Biography of the Brahmaputra SN - 9780199468119 U1 - 954.162 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Human ecology KW - India KW - Assam KW - Brahmaputra River Valley KW - River life KW - History N1 - CONTENTS Part I 1. The River and Its Floodplain Environment. 2. Life in A Floodplain Environment. 3. Boats on The River. The Ebb and Flow of Riverine Pursuits. Part II 5. Enter the Steamer. 6. Redesigning an Enigmatic River. Part III 7. Unruly Landscape, Fluid Geographics. 8. Tea Plants Move to the Uplands. 9. Jute in the Floodplains. 10. In the Time of Earthquake. Part IV 11. Reining in the Unquiet River. 12. The Nation's River. includes Afterword, Bibliography, Index & About the Author; Part:1 The River and its Floodplain Environment, Life in a Floodplain Environment, 3. Boats on the River, 4. The Ebb and Flow of Riverine Pursuits. Part: 2 5. Enter the Steamer, 6. Redesigning an Enigmatic River 7. Unruly Landscape, Fluid Geographies 8. Tea Plants move on the Uplands 9. Jute in the Floodplains 10. In the Time of Earthquakes Part: 3 11. Reining in the Unquiet River 12. The Nation's River; Also available as an e-book ER -