Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Blue, Lucy Katherine.
Kentley, Eric.
Palmer, Colin.
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| ISBN: | 020321689X
9780203216897
041529746X
9780415297462
9786610195411
6610195412
9781134431304
1134431309
1134431317
9781134431311
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Language / Script: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexes.
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | An important book for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, this text covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-continent today for fishing and other coastal or riverine tasks.
This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia covers recent, exhaustive fieldwork in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; and covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-Continent today for fishing and other coastal, riverine tasks. This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia covers recent, exhaustive fieldwork in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; and covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-Continent today for fishing and other coastal, riverine tasks.
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| Other form: | Print version: McGrail, Sean. Boats of South Asia. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon : In Association with the Society for South Asian Studies, 2003 041529746X
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