Reigning the River: Urban Ecologies and Political Transformation in Kathmandu

by Anne Rademacher and Anne Rademacher

A major contribution to the nascent anthropology of urban environments, Reigning the River illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia. In this rich ethnography, Anne M. Rademacher explores the ways that urban riverscape improvement involved multiple actors, each constructing ideals of restoration through contested histories and ideologies of belonging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822350807
• ISBN13: 9780822350804
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"