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From a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its waters 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 from India, he shows how dreams and fears of water 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. 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, Unruly Waters is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Asia's past and its future.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Sunil Amrith |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Release |
: 2018-12-11 |
File |
: 416 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780465097739 |
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Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation’s rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Kenna Lang Archer |
Publisher |
: UNM Press |
Release |
: 2015-05-01 |
File |
: 290 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780826355881 |
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Genre |
: Fiction |
Author |
: Johanna Sara Wisthaler |
Publisher |
: IndyPublish.com |
Release |
: 1894 |
File |
: 152 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: HARVARD:HW2OX6 |
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Genre |
: Marine animals |
Author |
: Georg Hartwig |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1881 |
File |
: 610 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015012949320 |
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Genre |
: Fish-culture |
Author |
: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Fisheries |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1897 |
File |
: 926 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112032529080 |
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Genre |
: Fish culture |
Author |
: Pennsylvania. State Commissioners of Fisheries |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1897 |
File |
: 792 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MSU:31293021395482 |
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Genre |
: Fish-culture |
Author |
: Pennsylvania. Board of Fish Commissioners |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1897 |
File |
: 788 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: CORNELL:31924070920768 |
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Genre |
: Pennsylvania |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1898 |
File |
: 804 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NYPL:33433010047243 |
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Genre |
: Legislative journals |
Author |
: Pennsylvania |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1898 |
File |
: 794 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: CHI:78124922 |
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Genre |
: Worcester (Mass.) |
Author |
: Worcester (Mass.). City Council |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1877 |
File |
: 100 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: COLUMBIA:CU50591363 |