TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sunil Amrith
TI  -      Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia's history
SN  - 9780241247051
U1  - 950 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - UK
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Asia
KW  - Water and civilization
KW  - monsoons
KW  - Water use
KW  - rivers
KW  - historical geography
N2  - Asias history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asias history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts and seas--and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. Looking out from India, he shows how dreams and fears of water shaped visions of political independence and economic development, provoked efforts to reshape nature through dams and pumps and unleashed powerful tensions within and between nations. Today, Asian nations are racing to construct hundreds of dams in the Himalayas, with dire environmental impacts; hundreds of millions crowd into coastal cities threatened by cyclones and storm surges. In an age of climate change, Unruly Waters is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not only Asias past but its future
ER  -