
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.
Page Count:
264
Publication Date:
2006-01-01
ISBN-10:
019908209X
ISBN-13:
9780199082094
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