Lecture Archive: Sunil Amrith
Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia’s History
Posted: June 22, 2020
Lecture date: May 6, 2020. Historian Sunil Amrith discusses his book, Unruly Waters, in which he reimagines Asia’s history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas—and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers, and farmers who have sought to control them.
Amrith is the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies at Harvard University.
Video Posted: June 22, 2020 | Running time: 50:58
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