River of life, river of death : the Ganges and India's future / Victor Mallet.
River of life, river of death : the Ganges and India's future / Victor Mallet.
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Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/6502
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xix, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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England
Date Published
2017.
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India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has nourished more people than any on earth for three millennia is now so polluted with sewage and toxic waste that it has become a menace to human and animal health. 0Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the presen...
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River of life, river of death : the Ganges and India's future / Victor Mallet.
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G 2017/6502
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74VKVGmLkJyl
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0198786174
9780198786177
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950
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991024151016802626