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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 274 pages, 16 pages of photos, 29 tables, 32 figures, and 4 maps, hardback, a very good copy in a generally very good dust-jacket (minor repairs) [8185579660].

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Reprint. Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Introduction. II. The fishing camp: 1. How the sites of fishing camps were selected by the fisherfolk from East Pakistan. 2. Settlement site near the fishing ground. Discussion. III. Organisation of the fishing units: 1. Fishing units. 2. Recruitment of the unit members. 3. Formation and splitting up of the fishing unit. 4. Structure of the fishing unit. 5. Size of the fishing unit. 6. Place of origin of the bahardar and the fishing unit. 7. Caste composition of the unit members. 8. Past and present residence of the unit members. 9. Village of unit members in relation to that of their respective bahardars. 10. Kin relationship of the unit members. 11. Age group distribution and its role in the fishing unit. 12. Salary of the unit members. 13. Temporary character of the unit structure. Discussion. IV. Fishermen's knowledge of the immediate environment: 1. Topography of the sea bed. 2. Judgements regarding sea water. 3. Types of fish and their behaviour. 4. Sequence of tide and ebb. 5. Ascertaining time and direction. Discussion. V. Technology: 1. tools and implements. 2. Techniques of fishing. Discussion. VI. Supernaturalism and rituals in fishing: 1. Evil eye and amulets. 2. Preparation of fishing gears. 3. The voyage. 4. Setting up of the fishing camp. 5. First net setting. 6. The first catch. 7. The first challan or Sale. 8. The annual Ganga puja. 9. Winding up of the fishing camp. 10. Rituals of those who do not establish any fishing camp on the shore. Discussion. VII. Money and trade network: 1. Sources. 274 pp.