Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts, and seas have shaped Asia's history
Publication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2018Description: xviii,397pISBN:- 9780141982632
- 954 AMR
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | General | 954 AMR | Available | 026470 |
Contents
List of Maps ix
Maps x
A Note on Names and Terminology xvii
1. The Shape of Modern Asia 1
2. Water and Empire 17
3. The Parched Land 65
4. The Aqueous Atmosphere 91
5. The Struggle for Water 113
6. Water and Freedom 147
7. Rivers Divided, Rivers Dammed 175
8. The Ocean and the Underground 229
9. Stormy Horizons 269
Eplogue : History and Memory at the Water's Edge 325
Acknowledgements 331
Archies and Special Collections 339
Notes 341
Index 381
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