03424cam a22002417a 450000100040000000500170000402000150002102000180003604000810005405000270013508200180016210000210018024501050020126000340030630000530034050513820039352012110177565000430298665000430302965000420307265000380311470000300315271120240301111425.0  a906718294X  a9789067182942  aCOOcCOOdYDXCPdBAKERdOUNdOHXdNLGGCdBTCTAdWEAdVRCdMUQdPULdDLCbeng00aQH541.15.E19bW67 200700a304.20959222  aBoomgaard, Peter02aA world of water :brain, rivers and seas in Southeast Asian histories /cedited by Peter Boomgaard.  aLeiden :bKITLV Press,c2007.  aviii, 368 pages :billustrations, maps ;c24 cm.00gPreface,tIn a state of flux : water as a deadly and a life-giving force in Southeast Asia /rPeter Boombaard --tGeography as destiny? : the role of water in Southeast Asian history /rHeather Sutherland --tOf gods and monsters : indigenous sea cosmologies, promiscuous geographies and the depths of local sovereignty /rSandra Pannell --tToothy tale : a short history of shark fisheries and trade in shark products in twentieth-century Indonesia /rManon Osseweijer --tTale of two centuries : the globalization of maritime raiding and piracy in Southeast Asia at the end of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries /rJames F. Warren --tStorms of history : water, hazard and society in the Philippines, 1565-1930 /rGreg Bankoff --tCommunal irrigation : a comparative perspective /rRobert C. Hunt --tGeographical explanations for the distribution of irrigation institutions : cases from Southeast Asia /rWillem Wolters --tWater and rice in early Java and Bali /rJan Wisseman Christie --tContestation over a life-giving force : water rights and conflicts, with special reference to Indonesia /rFranz von Benda-Beckmann --tRole of waterborne diseases in Malaysia /rFoong Kin --tPrivatizing water : the Jakarta concession and the limits of contract /rOkke Braadbaart --tPolitics of environmental and water pollution in East Java /rAnton Lucas and Arief W. Djati.  aWater, in its many guises, has always played a powerful role in shaping Southeast Asian histories, cultures, societies and economies. This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop, with participants from eight countries, contains thirteen essays, representing a broad range of approaches to the study of Southeast Asia with water as the central theme. As it was exposed to the sea, the region was more accessible to outside political, economic and cultural influences than many landlocked areas. Easy access through sea routes also stimulated trade from an early age. However, the same easy access made Southeast Asia vulnerable to political control by strong outsiders. The sea is, moreover, a source of food, but also of many hazards. At the same time, Southeast Asian societies and cultures are confronted with and permeated by 'water from heaven' in the form of rain, flash floods, irrigation water, water in rivers, brooks and swaps, water-driven power plants, and pumped or piped water, in addition to water as a carrier of sewage and pollution. Finally, the volume deals with the role of water in classification systems, beliefs, myths, illness and healing. Full Text (Open Access) 0aEcohydrologyzSoutheast AsiaxHistory. 0aWaterxSocial aspectszSoutheast Asia. 0aWater in agriculturezSoutheast Asia. 0aWaterxPollutionzSoutheast Asia.1 aBoomgaard, P.,d1946-2017