Floating Economies : : The Cultural Ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India /

Floating Economies : : The Cultural Ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India / / Michael J. Casimir.

In the Himalayas of the Indian part of Kashmir three communities depend on the ecology of the Dal lake: market gardeners, houseboat owners and fishers.  Floating Economies describes for the first time the complex intermeshing economy, social structure and ecology of the area against the background o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Casimir, Michael J.,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (362 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • Notes on Text
  • Introduction
  • PART I
  • Chapter 1. Th e Valley of Kashmir and Dal Lake
  • Chapter 2. Kashmir’s Early History and the Conversion to Islam
  • Chapter 3. The Social Organization of Contemporary Kashmiri Muslim Society
  • Chapter 4. The Market Gardeners of Dal Lake: Early Accounts
  • Chapter 5. The Market Gardeners’ Economy Today
  • Chapter 6. Th e Productivity of Lacustrine Market Gardening
  • Chapter 7. The Houseboat Owner Community and the Development of Tourism on Dal Lake
  • Chapter 8. The Gad Hanz: Th e Last Fishers on the Dal
  • PART II
  • Chapter 9. Th e Degradation of the Dal: Causes and Impacts
  • Chapter 10. The Political Ecology of a Degrading Lake: A Paradise Lost?
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • References
  • Index

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