A world of water : rain, rivers and seas in Southeast Asian histories / edited by Peter Boomgaard. - 2007. - 1 online resource - Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 240 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In a state of flux : water as a deadly and a life-giving force in Southeast Asia / Geography as destiny? : the role of water in Southeast Asian history / Of gods and monsters : indigenous sea cosmologies, promiscuous geographies and the depths of local sovereignty / Toothy tale : a short history of shark fisheries and trade in shark products in twentieth-century Indonesia / Tale of two centuries : the globalization of maritime raiding and piracy in Southeast Asia at the end of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries / Storms of history : water, hazard and society in the Philippines, 1565-1930 / Communal irrigation : a comparative perspective / Geographical explanations for the distribution of irrigation institutions : cases from Southeast Asia / Water and rice in early Java and Bali / Contestation over a life-giving force : water rights and conflicts, with special reference to Indonesia / Role of waterborne diseases in Malaysia / Privatizing water : the Jakarta concession and the limits of contract / Politics of environmental and water pollution in East Java / Peter Boombaard -- Heather Sutherland -- Sandra Pannell -- Manon Osseweijer -- James F. Warren -- Greg Bankoff -- Robert C. Hunt -- Willem Wolters -- Jan Wisseman Christie -- Franz von Benda-Beckmann -- Foong Kin -- Okke Braadbaart -- Anton Lucas and Arief W. Djati. Preface,


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Ecohydrology--History.--Southeast Asia
Water--Social aspects--Southeast Asia.
Water in agriculture--Southeast Asia.
Water--Pollution--Southeast Asia.


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