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Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History (Paperback)
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Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History (Paperback)
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List price R340
Loot Price R311
Discovery Miles 3 110
You Save R29 (9%)
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'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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