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Author Gilmartin, David, 1949- author.

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

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015
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Description 1 online resource : maps
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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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Subject Irrigation -- Indus River Valley -- History.
Irrigation.
History.
Irrigation -- Political aspects -- Indus River Valley.
Irrigation -- Political aspects.
Agriculture and state -- Indus River Valley.
Agriculture and state.
Indus River Valley -- History.
Indus River Valley -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gilmartin, David, 1949- Blood and water 9780520285293 (DLC) 2014047155 (OCoLC)898029324
ISBN 9780520960831 (electronic book)
0520960831 (electronic book)
9780520285293 (print)
0520285298

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