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Monsoon economies : India's history in a changing climate / Tirthankar Roy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roy, Tirthankar, author.
- Series:
- History for a Sustainable Future
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--India.
- Environmental policy.
- India--Economic policy--1991-2016.
- India.
- India--Economic policy--Environmental aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "A radical new reading of the emergence of modern India, one in which the interaction between the environment and the economy takes the centerstage"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Series Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Why Climate Matters
- 2. Water and Famine
- 3. Water and Equality
- 4. Becoming a Public Good
- 5. Water in the Cities
- 6. Water Stress
- 7. Seasonality
- 8. Monsoon Economies
- Selected Readings
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36926-5
- 0-262-36927-3
- OCLC:
- 1306061988
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