1 option
Liquid empire : water and power in the colonial world / Corey Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Corey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Political aspects.
- Natural resources.
- Water and civilization.
- Water resources development--History.
- Water resources development.
- Water--power--History.
- Water.
- Water--Government policy--History.
- Colonies--History.
- Colonies.
- Imperialism--History.
- Imperialism.
- Imperialism--Economic aspects.
- Colonialism--History.
- Colonialism.
- Colonialism--Economic aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 447 pages.) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for ""Liquid Empire"".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Water and Empire
- Chapter 1. Fluid Networks: Water, Mobility and the Infrastructure of Empire
- Channels of Empire
- Waterways and Railways
- Coastlines and Commerce
- Chapter 2. Mastering the Monsoon: Seasonality and the Rise of Perennial Irrigation
- Irrigation, Improvement and Improvisation in Colonial Asia
- Water, Welfare and the Costs of Irrigation
- The Rhythm of the Nile
- Chapter 3. Wastelands and Water: Hydraulic Frontiers and the Expansion of Imperial Power
- Swamps and Settlers
- Making the Desert Bloom
- Canals and Colonies
- Chapter 4. Deluge and Disaster: The Colonial Politics of Flood Control
- Floods, Property and Protection in Colonial India
- Deluges, Dikes and Dependency in Colonial Indochina
- Chapter 5. Under the Surface: Fisheries and Colonial Development
- Control and Conservation
- Modernization and the Marine Frontier
- Cultivating the Waters
- Chapter 6. Water, Colonial Cities and the Civilizing Mission
- The Origins and Emergence of Colonial Sanitation Works
- Environmental Adaptation and Social Opposition
- Sanitation, Fragmentation, Discrimination
- Chapter 7. Water and Energy: The Development of Colonial Hydropower
- The Roots and Rise of Colonial Hydropower
- Scaling Up, Spreading Out: Colonial Hydropower between the World Wars
- Hydropowered Development
- Chapter 8. Ebb of Empire: Decolonization and the Hydraulic Remnants of Colonialism
- Basins and Boundaries
- Dams and Development
- Water, Sanitation and the Post-Colonial City
- Decolonization and the Ocean Frontier
- Epilogue. Water, Climate and the Legacies of Empire
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780691261232 (electronic book)
- OCLC:
- 1430657807
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.