t Introduction : the river Nile and the politics of water -- g 1. t River imperialism -- g 2. t British Nile -- g 3. t Nile as stick and carrot -- g 4. t Nile diplomacy, bog barons and war -- g 5. t Nile and imperial collapse -- g 6. t Nasser's Aswan High Dam -- hydopolitics as world history -- g 7. t last roar -- turning the Nile against Nasser -- t Epilogue : the British Nile legacy and the pedagogy of the atlas.
Summary
"The River Nile in the Age of the British provides a new perspective on a crucial political period and yields insights into a region of the world that remains today of vital importance to scholars and specialists in politics and international relations, history and political geography."--BOOK JACKET.