This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop with participants from eight countries, represents a broad range of approcahes to the study of Southeast Asia with water as the central theme.
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| Preface | |
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| In a state of flux: Water as a deadly and a life-giving force in Southeast Asia | |
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| Waterscapes | |
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| Geography as destiny?: The role of water in Southeast Asian history | |
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| Of gods and monsters: Indigenous sea cosmologies, promiscuous geographies and the depths of local sovereignty | |
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| A toothy tale: A short history of shark fisheries and trade in shark products in twentieth-century Indonesia | |
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| Hazards of sea and water | |
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| A tale of two centuries: The globalization of maritime raiding and piracy in Southeast Asia at the end of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries | |
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| Storms of history: Water, hazard and society in the Philippines, 1565-1930 | |
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| Water for agriculture | |
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| Communal irrigation: A comparative perspective | |
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| Geographical explanations for the distribution of irrigation institutions: Cases from Southeast Asia | |
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| Water and rice in early Java and Bali | |
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| Contestation over a life-giving force: Water rights and conflicts, with special reference to Indonesia | |
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| Pure and impure water; Health and disease | |
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| The role of waterborne diseases in Malaysia | |
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| Privatizing water: The Jakarta concession and the limits of contract | |
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| The politics of environmental and water pollution in East Java | |
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| About the authors | |
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| Index | |
