Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's History

by Sunil Amrith

Book Overview

From a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its waters

Asia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asia's history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas -- and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to control them. Looking out from India, he shows how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465097723
• ISBN13: 9780465097722
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"