Blood and Water : The Indus River Basin in Modern History
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0520355539
ISBN-13
9780520355538
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 14th, 2020
Print length
376 Pages
Weight
514 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.70 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Asian history
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The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world’s most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. Launched under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, this irrigation project spurred political, social, and environmental transformations that continued after the 1947 creation of the new states of India and Pakistan. In this first large-scale environmental history of the region, David Gilmartin focuses on the changes that occurred in the basin as a result of the implementation of the world’s largest modern integrated irrigation system. This masterful work of scholarship explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, statecraft, and the environment.
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