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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: Amrith, Sunil S., 1979– author.
Title: Unruly waters : how rains, rivers, coasts and seas have shaped Asia’s history / Sunil Amrith.
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018020666 (print) | LCCN 2018036442 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465097739 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465097722 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Water—Social aspects—Asia—History. | Bodies of water—Social aspects—Asia—History. | Water and civilization. | Asia—Civilization—Environmental aspects.
Classification: LCC DS12 (ebook) | LCC DS12 .A54 2018 (print) | DDC 950—dc23\
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018020666
ISBNs: 978-0-465-09772-2 (hardcover), 978-0-465-09773-9 (ebook)
E3-20181029-JV-NF