
Ja hänellä oli, he sanoivat, talon lähellä oleva puutarha - kyllä, niin upea, josta ei edes nähnyt valoa. Aikaisemmin, kukaan kukkivat kukkivat puutarhassa, kypsyneet marjat, omenat ja päärynät olivat täynnä. Lämmössä se oli jäähtynyt siellä, myrskyssä hiljaa."
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Asia's background has been formed by means of its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asia's heritage in the course of the tales of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas - and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who've sought to regulate them. looking from India, he indicates how desires and fears of water formed visions of political independence and fiscal improvement, provoked efforts to reshape nature via dams and pumps, and unleashed robust tensions inside and among nations.
Today, Asian countries are racing to build 1000s of dams within the Himalayas, with dire environmental affects; 1000's of thousands crowd into coastal towns threatened by means of cyclones and hurricane surges. In an age of weather swap, Unruly Waters is vital studying for a person looking to comprehend not just Asia's earlier and its future.