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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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Main Author:	D'Souza, Rohan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Flood control > India > Odisha. Imperialism > Economic aspects. Odisha (India) > Politics and government > 19th century. India > Politics and government > 1765-1947. Impérialisme > Aspect économique. Inde > Politique et gouvernement > 1765-1947. Flood control. Politics and government India. India > Odisha. Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. South Asia. 1765-1947 Electronic books.
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