Introduction: A Word about Rivers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Introduction: A Word about Rivers 1
6. one Rivers: Time and Motion 8
7. two In Praise of Floods: Moving with the River 38
8. three Agriculture and Rivers: A Long History 64
9. Interlude. An Introduction to the Ayeyarwady 77
10. four Intervention 107
11. five Nonhuman Species 133
12. six Iatrogenic Effects 153
13. Notes 189
14. Illustration Credits 209
15. Index 213