Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction Water and Empire 1
6. chapter 1 Fluid Networks: Water, Mobility and the Infrastructure of Empire 21
7. chapter 2 Mastering the Monsoon: Seasonality and the Rise of Perennial Irrigation 65
8. chapter 3 Wastelands and Water: Hydraulic Frontiers and the Expansion of Imperial Power 122
9. chapter 4 Deluge and Disaster: The Colonial Politics of Flood Control 159
10. chapter 5 Under the Surface: Fisheries and Colonial Development 203
11. chapter 6 Water, Colonial Cities and the Civilizing Mission 241
12. chapter 7 Water and Energy: The Development of Colonial Hydropower 279
13. chapter 8 Ebb of Empire: Decolonization and the Hydraulic Remnants of Colonialism 328
14. Epilogue Water, Climate and the Legacies of Empire 383
15. Bibliography 393
16. Index 439