Drowned and Dammed Colonial Capitalism, and Flood Control in Eastern India

Rohan D'Souza

Hardback (30 Nov 2006)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The volume explores the idea and practice of flood control and argues that this is a part of a political agenda, deeply implicated in the social, economic, and political calculations of capitalism in general and colonialism in particular. It argues for a comprehensive reconsideration of the debate on the colonial environmental watershed, its hydraulic legacy amd questions contemporary enthusiasm for flood control in post-independent India.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195682175
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	30 Nov 2006
DEWEY:	333.9100954133
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	264
Weight:	488g
Height:	215mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	23mm