Delta: The Perils, Profits and Politics of Water in South and Southeast Asia - Softcover

Schwartz, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500284911 ISBN 13: 9780500284919

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Giver and taker of life; essential element of all existence and untameable destroyer; spiritual expression of purity and contaminated purveyor of affliction; bringer of blessings and of tragedy; agent of social, economic and political discord. Water is all of these things - and abundantly so in the great deltas of South and Southeast Asia, the focus of this troubling but pertinent study.

Daniel Schwartz's photographs show the reality of life - and death - in this impoverished yet immensely resourceful part of the world. Supporting Schwartz's poignant images are documents, drawn from a wide range of authoritative sources, throwing light on a region of enormous untapped potential. Shaking off a long history of isolation, obscurity and conflict, this is an area whose time has finally come. Statements of reality, direct and unadorned, these photographs are a declaration of hope for the deltas.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Schwartz is one of Switzerland's most established travel photographers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500284911
• ISBN 13: 9780500284919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192