The statecraft, ecology and collective action in South India

This book uses long-term anthropological fieldwork, oral histories and detailed archival work to explore the changing ecology, political significance and cultural meaning of water in south India. Focusing on the ancient and complex "tank" irrigation systems of a coastal plains region, the...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Mosse, David
Awduron Eraill: David Mosse; with assistance from M. Sivan
Iaith:Undetermined
English
Cyhoeddwyd: New Delhi,New York Oxford,Oxford University Press 2003
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Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Crynodeb:This book uses long-term anthropological fieldwork, oral histories and detailed archival work to explore the changing ecology, political significance and cultural meaning of water in south India. Focusing on the ancient and complex "tank" irrigation systems of a coastal plains region, the book develops an account of the interplay between social and political organization and the ecology of water flows
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:337 p.
ill.
22 cm
Llyfryddiaeth:Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index
ISBN:0195661370
9780195661378