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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मुख्य लेखक: Amrith, Sunni
स्वरूप: पुस्तक
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: New York ; India : Penguin Books, c2018
विषय:
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विषय - सूची:
  • 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.