Light and power for a multiracial nation : the Kariba Dam scheme in the Central African Federation /

The Kariba Dam, stretching across the Zambezi River between today's Zambia and Zimbabwe, was one of the most famous development projects in Africa in the late 1950s. As a producer of abundant and cheap power, Kariba was to boost the economy of the newly established Central African Federation. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tischler, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Temas:
Dams > Economic aspects > Zambia.
Dams > Economic aspects > Zimbabwe.
Dams > Social aspects.
Barrages > Aspect économique > Zambie.
Barrages > Aspect économique > Zimbabwe.
Barrages > Aspect social.
African history > Modern period, c 1500 onwards > Africa.
History: specific events & topics > Modern period, c 1500 onwards > Africa.
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism > Modern period, c 1500 onwards > Africa.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electrical.
History.
Dams > Economic aspects
Dams > Social aspects
Kariba Dam (Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Kariba Dam (Zambie et Zimbabwe)
Africa > Kariba Dam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: PLANNING KARIBA
  • 1. Global High Modernism and the Kariba Dam Scheme
  • 2. 'Scientific' Decision-Making?
  • 3. Developing a Powerful White Nation
  • 4. Negotiating Development: the Kariba Loan Talks
  • PART II: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE RESETTLEMENT
  • 5. African Development and the Resettlement Question
  • 6. A Dam Against the 'Primitive': White Discourse about the Gwembe Tonga
  • 7. Renegotiating African Development: the Resettlement in Northern Rhodesia
  • 8. The 'Efficiency' of Settler Rule: the Resettlement in Southern Rhodesia
  • PART III: INTERVENING IN THE KARIBA DAM PROJECT
  • 9. In the Middle of Development: Hezekiah Habanyama and the Gwembe Tonga Native Authority
  • 10. Struggling with Development: the Perspectives of the Gwembe Tonga
  • 11. A Black Dam for the People: Nationalist and Left-wing Critiques
  • PART IV: BUILDING THE KARIBA DAM
  • 12. A Microcosm of the Modern Nation: Controlling the Kariba Construction Site
  • 13. Coping, Protesting, Improving their Lives: Kariba's Workers
  • PART V: THE END OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT: PLANNING LAKE KARIBA.

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