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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1. Verfasser: D'Souza, Rohan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2006
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 264 p.)
ISBN:9780199082094
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195682175.001.0001

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