Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World

2025/11/29 by Wietske Merison · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Water Governance and Infrastructure #Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature #Water management and technologies

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2592794

Abstract

Few forces are as essential, or as elusive, as water. Water is fundamental to life: every human society, every ecosystem, and, by extension, every empire has depended on it. Throughout history, the...

Discussions

• See the recent book review by Wietske Merison of Corey Ross' 'Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World' (Princeton University Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308... [bsky, 9 points, 0 comments]

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