A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian HistoriesPeter Boomgaard Water, in its many guises, has always played a powerful role inshaping Southeast Asian histories, cultures, societies and economies.This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop, with participants from 8 countries, contains 13 essays, representing a broad range of approaches to the study of Southeast Asia with water as the central theme. |
Contents
Greg Bankoff | 6 |
Heather Sutherland | 27 |
Sandra Pannell | 71 |
Manon Osseweijer | 103 |
James F Warren | 125 |
Storms of history | 153 |
Hunt | 187 |
Willem Wolters | 209 |
Jan Wisseman Christie | 220 |
Water and rice in early Java and Bali | 235 |
Franz von BendaBeckmann | 259 |
Foong | 281 |
Okke Braadbaart | 297 |
Anton Lucas and Arief W Djati | 321 |
About the authors | 353 |
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