Drowned and dammed : colonial capitalism and flood control in Eastern India /
Exploring the practice of flood control, this work argues that this is a part of a political agenda, implicated in the calculations of capitalism. It also argues for a reconsideration of the debate on the colonial environmental watershed, its hydraulic legacy and questions contemporary enthusiasm fo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Exploring the practice of flood control, this work argues that this is a part of a political agenda, implicated in the calculations of capitalism. It also argues for a reconsideration of the debate on the colonial environmental watershed, its hydraulic legacy and questions contemporary enthusiasm for flood control in post-independent India. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199082094 019908209X |