{"product_id":"vanished-water-imperialism-capital-and-rural-ecologies-in-late-colonial-kenya-paperback","title":"Vanished Water: Imperialism, Capital, and Rural Ecologies in Late-Colonial Kenya - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames D. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trickle-down effects of empire on the environment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanished Water\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ecological and social consequences of British imperial rule--and its inherently extractive aims--on water development in late-colonial Kenya. Examining the arid northern and eastern parts of the country between 1938 and the mid-1960s, James Parker demonstrates how the British colonial state manipulated scant water supplies to drive cash crop production, rerouting critical resources away from the pastoral and riverine communities who relied on them for their existence. In doing so, the state sought to force these communities away from their traditional subsistence economies and into the capitalist economy, a move that fundamentally altered relationships to the land and between ethnic groups themselves. \u003ci\u003eVanished Water\u003c\/i\u003e describes how these nefarious programs devastated rural communities, while also showing how they were resisted and manipulated and how Kenyans adapted to these life-altering changes imposed on them from the outside. These developments, as Parker shows, echo into the present, continuing to test the resiliency of arid communities now dealing with climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames D. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Honors Faculty Fellow at Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44444042100787,"sku":"9780813954851","price":158.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/S8O5AbeemX9780813954851.webp?v=1781698481","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/vanished-water-imperialism-capital-and-rural-ecologies-in-late-colonial-kenya-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}