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River of life, river of death : the Ganges and India's future / Victor Mallet

Mallet, Victor, 1960- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2017]

1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 339 Seiten) : Illustrationen

Englisch

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet (Rechtsgrundlage SSG). UB Tübingen

Erscheint auch als: River of life, river of death / Mallet, Victor (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-108943-5 ( : electronic bk.)

978-0-19-878617-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1039167073 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

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Basisklassifikation: 74.21 (Asien) <Geographie>

SSG-Nummer(n): 0

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Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) ; Environmental conditions ; Electronic books

"Cover " -- "RIVER OF LIFE, RIVER OF: The Ganges and India’s Future" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Plates" -- "Note on Spelling" -- "Preface" -- "Map of the Ganges" -- "1: Introduction: Killing the Mother Goddess" -- "2: Mouth of the Cow: The Himalayan Source" -- "3: Holy Waters" -- "4: How to Build a Megacity—and Save the Ganges" -- "5: Varanasi: India’s Capital for a Day" -- "6: Varanasi: Broken Promises" -- "7: Toxic River" -- "8: Superbug River" -- "9: Dolphins, Crocodiles, and Tigers" -- "10: People Pressure: Why Population Growth Is Not a Dividend" -- "11: Water and Wells: Why the Taps Run Dry" -- "12: Dams and Droughts: Engineering the Ganges" -- "13: A Bollywood Star: Ganga on Film" -- "14: Exotic River: Foreigners on the Ganges" -- "15: Storms and Sandbanks: Boats on the Ganges" -- "16: Trade Artery No More: Calcutta and Bengal" -- "17: Mission Impossible?: How to Clean the Ganges" -- "18: Beautiful Forest: Where Ganga Meets the Ocean" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 1" -- "Chapter 2" -- "Chapter 3" -- "Chapter 4" -- "Chapter 5" -- "Chapter 6" -- "Chapter 7" -- "Chapter 8" -- "Chapter 9" -- "Chapter 10" -- "Chapter 11" -- "Chapter 12" -- "Chapter 13" -- "Chapter 14" -- "Chapter 15" -- "Chapter 16" -- "Chapter 17" -- "Chapter 18" -- "Bibliography" -- "Publisher’s Acknowledgements" -- "Picture Acknowledgements

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"Cover " -- "RIVER OF LIFE, RIVER OF: The Ganges and India’s Future" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Plates" -- "Note on Spelling" -- "Preface" -- "Map of the Ganges" -- "1: Introduction: Killing the Mother Goddess" -- "2: Mouth of the Cow: The Himalayan Source" -- "3: Holy Waters" -- "4: How to Build a Megacity—and Save the Ganges" -- "5: Varanasi: India’s Capital for a Day" -- "6: Varanasi: Broken Promises" -- "7: Toxic River" -- "8: Superbug River" -- "9: Dolphins, Crocodiles, and Tigers" -- "10: People Pressure: Why Population Growth Is Not a Dividend" -- "11: Water and Wells: Why the Taps Run Dry" -- "12: Dams and Droughts: Engineering the Ganges" -- "13: A Bollywood Star: Ganga on Film" -- "14: Exotic River: Foreigners on the Ganges" -- "15: Storms and Sandbanks: Boats on the Ganges" -- "16: Trade Artery No More: Calcutta and Bengal" -- "17: Mission Impossible?: How to Clean the Ganges" -- "18: Beautiful Forest: Where Ganga Meets the Ocean" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 1" -- "Chapter 2" -- "Chapter 3" -- "Chapter 4" -- "Chapter 5" -- "Chapter 6" -- "Chapter 7" -- "Chapter 8" -- "Chapter 9" -- "Chapter 10" -- "Chapter 11" -- "Chapter 12" -- "Chapter 13" -- "Chapter 14" -- "Chapter 15" -- "Chapter 16" -- "Chapter 17" -- "Chapter 18" -- "Bibliography" -- "Publisher’s Acknowledgements" -- "Picture Acknowledgements