The River Nile in the Age of the British: Political Ecology and the Quest for Economic Power

by Terje Tvedt

The Nile today plays a crucial role in the economics, politics and cultural life of ten countries and their more than 300 million inhabitants. No other international river basin has a longer, more complex and eventful history than the Nile. In telling the detailed story of the hydropolitics of the Nile valley in a period during which the conceptualisation, use and planning of the waters were revolutionised, and many of the most famous politicians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178453627X
• ISBN13: 9781784536275
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"