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Colonial Hydrology

Colonial Hydrology is a subfield of environmental history that examines the transformation, management, and instrumentalization of water systems under colonial regimes, distinguished by its focus on the intersection of hydrological control, imperial power, and the socio-ecological reordering of colonized landscapes.

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79

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West.

Stephen G. Bunker, Donald Worster · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1986 · 374 citations

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From hydroimperialism to hydrocapitalism: ‘French’ hydraulics in France, North Africa, and beyond

Sara B. Pritchard · Social Studies of Science · 2012 · 121 citations

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Water in British India: The Making of a ‘Colonial Hydrology’

Rohan D’Souza · History Compass · 2006 · 105 citations

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Challenges in African hydrology and water resources

M. N. Hough · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 1985 · 91 citations

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Engineering the Empire: British Water Supply Systems and Colonial Societies, 1850–1900

John Broich · Journal of British Studies · 2007 · 88 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RD
    Rohan D’Souza

    Kyoto University, Japan

    2 publications · 160 citations

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  2. TS
    Theodore Steinberg

    John Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  3. WD
    Will D. Swearingen

    Montana State University, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  4. YB
    Yu. B. Burykin

    Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  5. SK
    Sanjiv Kumar

    George Mason University, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

79

  1. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    184 citations

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    21 citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  4. Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management

    Pune, India

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    228 citations

  5. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 4 publications · 184 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 121 citations

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  3. Environment and History

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  4. The Journal of African History

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  5. Cultural Studies

    1 publications · 13 citations

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