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Blood and water : the Indus River Basin in modern history / David Gilmartin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520960831
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD1741 .B566 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Irrigation and the Baloch frontier -- Community on the waste : the village and the colonial property order -- Statute and custom in water law -- Science, state, and the environment -- The river basin and partition -- The Indus Waters Treaty and its afterlives.
Subject: "The book is a history of the political and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Begun under British colonial rule in the 19th century, this transformation continued after the region was divided between two new states, India and Pakistan, in 1947. Massive irrigation works have turned an arid region into one of dense agricultural population, but its political legacies continue to shape the politics and statecraft of the region"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : community and environment -- Irrigation and the Baloch frontier -- Community on the waste : the village and the colonial property order -- Statute and custom in water law -- Science, state, and the environment -- The river basin and partition -- The Indus Waters Treaty and its afterlives.

"The book is a history of the political and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Begun under British colonial rule in the 19th century, this transformation continued after the region was divided between two new states, India and Pakistan, in 1947. Massive irrigation works have turned an arid region into one of dense agricultural population, but its political legacies continue to shape the politics and statecraft of the region"--Provided by publisher.

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