Telecharger un livre electronique The Unquiet River: A
Biography of the Brahmaputra
By Arupjyoti Saikia
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.
