Blood and Water : The Indus River Basin in Modern History /

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"The book is a history of the political and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Begun under British colonial rule in the 19th century, this transformation continued after the region was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilmartin, David, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Landwirtschaft
Bewässerung
Irrigation > Political aspects.
Irrigation.
Ecology.
Agriculture and state.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Politique agricole > Indus, Vallee de l'.
Irrigation > Aspect politique > Indus, Vallee de l'.
Irrigation > Indus, Vallee de l' > Histoire.
Agriculture and state > Indus River Valley.
Irrigation > Political aspects > Indus River Valley.
Irrigation > Indus River Valley > History.
Industal
Asia > Indus River Valley.
Indus, Vallee de l' > Conditions environnementales.
Indus, Vallee de l' > Histoire.
Indus River Valley > Environmental conditions.
Indus River Valley > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : community and environment
  • Irrigation and the Baloch frontier
  • Community on the waste : the village and the colonial property order
  • Statute and custom in water law
  • Science, state, and the environment
  • The river basin and partition
  • The Indus Waters Treaty and its afterlives.

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