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University of California Press
- Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 4. Statute and Custom in Water Law
- pp. 104-143
- 5. Science, the State, and the Environment
- pp. 144-181
- 6. The River Basin and Partition
- pp. 182-219
- Bibliography
- pp. 321-338
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520960831
Related ISBN(s)
9780520285293
MARC Record
OCLC
907924499
Pages
376
Launched on MUSE
2015-08-02
Language
English
Open Access
No