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.
- ISBN10 0195672208
- ISBN13 9780195672206
- Publish Date 2 June 2005 (first published 13 February 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 September 2014
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Paperback
- Pages 358
- Language English