Pipe Dreams - Water and Empire in Central Asia''s Aral Sea Basin

Pipe Dreams analyzes the transformation of Central Asia's landscapes through tsarist- and Soviet-era hydraulic projects. Arguing that water was a central concern, Maya K. Peterson brings a critical region into view across a long period and engages environmental questions through a rich political and social framework.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The land beyond the rivers: Russians on the Amu and Syr Darya; 2. Eastern Eden: irrigation and empire on the Hungry steppe; 3. To create a new Turkestan: water governance in the irrigation age; 4. The land of bread and honey? Settlement and subversion in the land of seven rivers; 5. Sundering the chains of nature: Bolshevik visions for Central Asia; 6. From shockwork to people's construction: socialist labor on Stalin's Canals; Epilogue: the fate of the Aral Sea; Conclusion.

About the author

Maya K. Peterson was the Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Summary

Pipe Dreams analyzes the transformation of Central Asia's landscapes through tsarist- and Soviet-era hydraulic projects. Arguing that water was a central concern, Maya K. Peterson brings a critical region into view across a long period and engages environmental questions through a rich political and social framework.

Product details

• Authors: Maya K. Peterson, Maya K. (University of California Peterson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108468541
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46854-1
• No. of pages: 421
• Series: Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Central Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Science, History and Archaeology