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Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History (Hardcover)
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Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History (Hardcover)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 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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