Drowned and Dammed: Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India
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Author: | Rohan D?Souza |
ISBN 13: | 9780199469130 |
Year: | 2016 |
Subject: | Life Science/Ecology and Environment |
About the Book
This book explores the idea and practice of flood control and arguing that it 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, and questions contemporary enthusiasm for flood control in post-independent India.