Unruly Waters: How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History - Couverture souple

Amrith, Sunil

 
9780141982632: Unruly Waters: How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History
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ISBN 10 : 0141982632 ISBN 13 : 9780141982632
Editeur : Penguin, 2020

Synopsis

'An enthralling, elegantly written and, ultimately, profoundly alarming history' Economist

A bold new perspective on the history of South Asia, telling its story through its climate, and the long quest to tame its waters

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.

Every year humans have watched with overwhelming anxiety for the nature of that year's monsoon to be revealed, with entire populations living or dying on the outcome. From the first small weather-reporting stations to today's satellites, the modern battle both to understand and manage water has literally been a matter of life or death.

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, this highly original work of history is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not only Asia's past but its future.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sunil Amrith is the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies at Harvard University. He is also the author of Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants. He has been a Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and in 2017 was awarded a MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141982632
ISBN 13 
9780141982632
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780465097722: Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0465097723 ISBN 13 :  9780465097722
Editeur : Basic Books, 2018
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