Water in British India: The Making of a ‘Colonial Hydrology’
The environmental history of India has moved on and considerably broadened since the first studies of Indian forestry were published. This essay surveys studies on water in British India, which it has clustered into three themes. While providing a rough description of some of the most important deba...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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History compass
Ano: 2006, Volume: 4, Número: 4, Páginas: 621-628 |
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| Resumo: | The environmental history of India has moved on and considerably broadened since the first studies of Indian forestry were published. This essay surveys studies on water in British India, which it has clustered into three themes. While providing a rough description of some of the most important debates and discussions on the issue of colonial rule and its hydraulic interventions, the essay argues that interest on the subject must now attempt to pursue grand questions as well. Towards to this end, it is argued that much insight and theoretical traction may be gained from pursuing the conceptual notion of a ‘colonial hydrology’: the attempt to characterise the British experience as comprising an altogether distinct paradigm for hydraulic interventions. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-0542 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: History compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00336.x |
