Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia's history /
"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 f...
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বিন্যাস: | গ্রন্থ |
ভাষা: | English |
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New York ; India :
Penguin Books,
c2018
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Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- 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.