Drowned and dammed : colonial capitalism, and flood control in eastern India
D'Souza, RohanAuthor
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Flood control
Flood control
Political ecology
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
South Asia