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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800730298
  • 9781800730304
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.20954/6 23
LOC classification:
  • GF662.D35
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 of history and the present volatile socio-political situation. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, the author deals with the socioeconomic strategies of the communities whose livelihoods are embedded here and analyses the ecological condition of the Dal, and the reasons for its progressive degradation.

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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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 of history and the present volatile socio-political situation. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, the author deals with the socioeconomic strategies of the communities whose livelihoods are embedded here and analyses the ecological condition of the Dal, and the reasons for its progressive degradation.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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