King of the Waters : : Homan van der Heide and the Origin of Modern Irrigation in Siam / / H. ten Brummelhuis.
King of the waters describes how a brilliant Dutch engineer ultimately failed to implement his plans for modern irrigation in Siam. Homan van der Heides identification with the interests of the rice farmers caused ambivalent reactions from his Siamese environment. Interwoven with the detailed descr...
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Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 226 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005. |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
226. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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