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Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia's history
- Title
- Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia's history / Sunil Amrith.
- Author
- Amrith, Sunil S., 1979-
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 397 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Asia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asia's history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas--and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. Looking out from India, he shows how dreams and fears of water 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. Today, Asian nations are racing to construct hundreds of dams in the Himalayas, with dire environmental impacts; hundreds of millions crowd into coastal cities threatened by cyclones and storm surges. In an age of climate change, Unruly Waters is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Asia's past and its future." -- Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.
- Contents
- The shape of modern Asia -- Water and empire -- This parched land -- The aqueous atmosphere -- The struggle for water -- Water and freedom -- Rivers divided, rivers dammed -- The ocean and the underground -- Stormy horizons -- Epilogue: history and memory at the water's edge.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2326
- ISBN
- 9780465097722
- 0465097723
- 9780465097739 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018020666
- OCLC
- 1030761121
- Author
- Amrith, Sunil S., 1979- author.
- Title
- Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia's history / Sunil Amrith.
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-379) and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Amrith, Sunil S., 1979- Unruly waters. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2018 9780465097739 (DLC) 2018036442
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-2326