Rohan D'Souza

Drowned and Dammed

Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book 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, and questions contemporary enthusiasm for flood control in post-independent India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780199469130
• ISBN-10: 019946913X
• Artikelnr.: 47865945

Autorenporträt

Rohan D'Souza is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Delta's Integrity and Agrarian Rhythm
2. Capitalist Property and the 'Calamity of Season'
3. Embankments and Its Discontents
4. Delta in the Commodity-form
5. The Great Denouement and After
6. Production of the River
Conclusion
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index
About the Author