Unruly waters : how mountain rivers and monsoons have shaped south Asia's history

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Unruly waters : how mountain rivers and monsoons have shaped south Asia's history

Title remainder

how mountain rivers and monsoons have shaped south Asia's history

Statement of responsibility

Sunil Amrith

Creator

• Amrith, Sunil S., 1979-

Subject

• Asia -- Environmental conditions
• Asia -- Historical geography
• Bodies of water -- Social aspects -- Asia -- History
• Monsoons -- Asia -- History
• Asia -- Civilization
• Water -- Social aspects -- Asia -- History
• Water and civilization
• Water use -- Asia -- History
• Rivers -- Asia -- History

Language

eng

Summary

South Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines this history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, rivers and seas - and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. He shows how fears and dreams of water have, throughout South Asia, shaped visions of political independence and economic development, provoked efforts to reshape nature through dams and pumps, and unleashed powerful tensions within and between nations. --

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Provided by publisher

Dewey number

911.5

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography