A world of water : rain, rivers and seas in Southeast Asian histories /

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"Water, in its many guises, has always played a powerful role in shaping Southeast Asian histories, cultures, societies and economies. This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop, with participants from eight countries, contains thirteen essays, representing a broad range of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boomgaard, P., 1946-2017 (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : KITLV Press, 2007.
Colección:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 240.
Temas:
Ecohydrology > Southeast Asia > History.
Water > Social aspects > Southeast Asia.
Water in agriculture > Southeast Asia.
Water > Pollution > Southeast Asia.
Écohydrologie > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire.
Eau > Aspect social > Asie du Sud-Est.
Eau en agriculture > Asie du Sud-Est.
Eau > Pollution > Asie du Sud-Est.
Society and social sciences.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Ecohydrology
Water in agriculture
Water > Pollution
Water > Social aspects
Hydrologie
Hydrobiologie
Wasserverschmutzung
Water.
Southeast Asia
Südostasien
Zuidoost-Azië.
Water
Rain
Rivers
Sea
Water irrigation systems
Water supply
Cosmology
Fishery
Piracy
Diseases
Water pollution
History
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface, In a state of flux : water as a deadly and a life-giving force in Southeast Asia / Peter Boombaard
  • Geography as destiny? : the role of water in Southeast Asian history / Heather Sutherland
  • Of gods and monsters : indigenous sea cosmologies, promiscuous geographies and the depths of local sovereignty / Sandra Pannell
  • Toothy tale : a short history of shark fisheries and trade in shark products in twentieth-century Indonesia / Manon Osseweijer
  • Tale of two centuries : the globalization of maritime raiding and piracy in Southeast Asia at the end of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries / James F. Warren
  • Storms of history : water, hazard and society in the Philippines, 1565-1930 / Greg Bankoff
  • Communal irrigation : a comparative perspective / Robert C. Hunt
  • Geographical explanations for the distribution of irrigation institutions : cases from Southeast Asia / Willem Wolters
  • Water and rice in early Java and Bali / Jan Wisseman Christie
  • Contestation over a life-giving force : water rights and conflicts, with special reference to Indonesia / Franz von Benda-Beckmann
  • Role of waterborne diseases in Malaysia / Foong Kin
  • Privatizing water : the Jakarta concession and the limits of contract / Okke Braadbaart
  • Politics of environmental and water pollution in East Java / Anton Lucas and Arief W. Djati.

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