The Waters of the Nile

<p>This is a history of the hydropolitics of the Nile Valley from 1900 to 1988. Attempts to develop the Nile and control its waters are of vital significance to the future of the inhabitants of Egypt the Sudan Ethiopia and East Africa. Acute drought and heavy flooding in the Nile Basin have brought disaster in the past and the history of the area is the story of human effort to control the precious waters of the river. Written by Robert O. Collins distinguished authority in the field this highly interdisciplinary study will appeal to those interested in the environment politics third world development anthropology zoology and economic history.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Robert O. Collins</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(241 241 241 1)> University of California Santa Barbara was the author </span><strong><em>Africa: A Short History</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(241 241 241 1)> and</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em><strong><em>Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(241 241 241 1)> (with J. Millard Burr) as well as many </span><strong>other titles available from Markus Wiener</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(241 241 241 1)>.</span></p><p> </p>