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... irrigation agriculture could not have been practiced . That view , however , is not shared by Sir Edmund A. Leach , professor of anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a leading authority on irriga- tion agriculture in Sri ...
... irrigation agriculture could not have been practiced . That view , however , is not shared by Sir Edmund A. Leach , professor of anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a leading authority on irriga- tion agriculture in Sri ...
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... irrigation agriculture in Mesopota- mia explained the rise and fall of state - run irrigation schemes in terms of Wittfogel's argument - cited in chapter 23 — that irri- gation agriculture is possible only when run by a centralized ...
... irrigation agriculture in Mesopota- mia explained the rise and fall of state - run irrigation schemes in terms of Wittfogel's argument - cited in chapter 23 — that irri- gation agriculture is possible only when run by a centralized ...
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... IRRIGATION Even the small - scale irrigation schemes built today aim at replac- ing seasonal irrigation with perennial irrigation . The latter , however , invariably entails higher social and ecological costs ... Irrigation Agriculture 319.
... IRRIGATION Even the small - scale irrigation schemes built today aim at replac- ing seasonal irrigation with perennial irrigation . The latter , however , invariably entails higher social and ecological costs ... Irrigation Agriculture 319.
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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