Concrete Revolution : Large Dams, Cold War Geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation /

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Water may seem innocuous, but as a universal necessity, it inevitably intersects with politics when it comes to acquisition, control, and associated technologies. While we know a great deal about the socioecological costs and benefits of modern dams, we know far less about their political origins an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sneddon, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Dams > History > 20th century.
Geopolitics > United States.
Technical assistance, American > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Water resources development > Political aspects.
Water resources development > United States.
HISTORY / General.
cold war, geopolitics, politics, political science, geography, reclamation, environmentalism, water, dams, acquisition, control, power, technology, us bureau, economic growth, state department, government, governing, united states of america, usa, resource management, global standing, international, transnational, overseas, foreign activities office, blue nile investigation, 20th century, technopolitics, china, ethiopia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • One. Large Dams, Technopolitics, and Development
  • Two. Building a "World- Wide Fraternity": The Bureau, China, and John Savage
  • Three. "A Reclamation Program to Lead Them": The Bureau Goes Global
  • Four. Ethiopia, the Bureau, and Investigations of the Blue Nile
  • Five. Cold War Geopolitics, Technical Expertise, and the Mekong Project
  • Six. Large Dams and the Contemporary Geopolitics of Development
  • Seven. Conclusion: Large Dams and Other Things
  • Appendix: Geographical Scope of Bureau of Reclamation Activities, 1933-1975
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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