ARGONAUT BOOKS

South Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In 'Unruly Waters', historian Sunil Amrith reimagines this history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, rivers, and seas - and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. He shows how fears and dreams of water have, throughout South Asia, shaped visions of political independence and economic development, provoked efforts to reshape nature through dams and pumps, and unleashed powerful tensions within and between nations. Every year humans have watched with overwhelming anxiety for...Read More