Boats of South Asia/Лодки Южной Азии

Издание на английском языке
Based on recent fieldwork in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, this book documents some of the vast array of traditional boats used in the subcontinent today for fishing and other coastal and riverine tasks. Written in non-technical language, it 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.
An important book for ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia sets the boats in their geographical environment and their technological and social context.

Contents
List of illustrations
List of tables
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Aims and methods
2 The reverse-clinker boats of Bangladesh
3 The reverse-clinker boats of Orissa and West Bengal
4 The smooth-skinned traditional inland boats of Bangladesh
5 The masula – A sewn plank surf boat of India’s Eastern Coast
6 The madel paruwa of Sri Lanka – A sewn boat with chine strakes
Annex: Other boats with hollowed chine strakes
7 The vattai fishing boat and related frame-first vessels of Tamil Nadu
8 Hide boats of the River Kaveri, Tamil Nadu
9 A hydrodynamic evaluation of four types of boat
Annex I: Glossary of naval architectural terms
Annex II: Stability
10 The way ahead
Appendix: Reverse-clinker planking and hulc planking patterns, worldwide
Bibliography
Glossary
General Index
Geographical Index
Index of South Asian Ship, Boat and Raft Types