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1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia |
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in South Asia.
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| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION / BASIL GREENHILL -- chapter 1 AIMS AND METHODS / SEAŃ MCGRAIL -- chapter 2 THE REVERSE-CLINKER BOATS OF BANGLADESH / SEAŃ MCGRAIL AND LUCY BLUE -- chapter Reverse-clinker planking -- chapter 3 The reverse-clinker boats of Orissa and West Bengal SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE AND ERIC KENTLEY -- chapter The patia and other South Asian reverse-clinker boats -- chapter 4 THE SMOOTH-SKINNED TRADITIONAL INLAND BOATS OF BANGLADESH / COLIN PALMER -- chapter Construction method -- chapter 5 The masula - A sewn plank surf boat of India's Eastern Coast ERIC KENTLEY -- chapter Distribution and use -- chapter Acknowledgements -- chapter 6 The madel paruwa of Sri Lanka - A sewn boat with chine strakes ERIC KENTLEY -- chapter The outrigger paru -- chapter 7 The vattai fishing boat and related frame-first vessels of Tamil Nadu / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE, ERIC KENTLEY AND COLIN PALMER -- chapter Fieldwork -- chapter 8 HIDE BOATS OF THE RIVER KAVERI, TAMIL NADU / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE AND COLIN PALMER -- chapter Equipment -- chapter Uses -- chapter 9 A HYDRODYNAMIC EVALUATION OF FOUR TYPES OF BOAT / COLIN PALMER -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter Froude Number (Fn) -- chapter Wetted Surface Ratio (WSA/V ) -- chapter 10 THE WAY AHEAD / SEAŃ MCGRAIL, LUCY BLUE, ERIC KENTLEY AND COLIN PALMER -- chapter APPENDIX: REVERSE-CLINKER PLANKING AND HULC PLANKING PATTERNS, WORLDWIDE -- chapter Hulc planking patterns -- |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexes |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Maritime anthropology -- South Asia
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Boats and boating -- South Asia
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Boatbuilding -- South Asia
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TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
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Boatbuilding
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Boats and boating
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Manners and customs
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Maritime anthropology
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Onderwaterarcheologie.
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Scheepsbouw.
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South Asia -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
South Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blue, Lucy Katherine
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Kentley, Eric
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Palmer, Colin
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| ISBN |
020321689X |
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9780203216897 |
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041529746X |
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9780415297462 |
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9786610195411 |
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6610195412 |
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9781134431304 |
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1134431309 |
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1134431317 |
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9781134431311 |
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