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DEEP WATER: THE EPIC STRUGGLE OVER DAMS, DISPLACED PEOPLE & THE ENVIRONMENT
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Educational Level
- College
- Subject
- Political Science
- Product Type
- Hardback
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780374281724
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374281726
ISBN-13
9780374281724
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45701818
Product Key Features
Book Title
Deep Water : the Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, General
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Technology & Engineering, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-013379
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
333.91/62
Synopsis
"If the wars of the last century were fought over oil, the wars of this century will be fought over water." -Ismail Serageldin,The World Bank The giant dams of today are the modern Pyramids, colossally expensive edifices that generate monumental amounts of electricity, irrigated water, and environmental and social disaster. WithDeep Water, Jacques Leslie offers a searching account of the current crisis over dams and the world's water. An emerging master of long-form reportage, Leslie makes the crisis vivid through the stories of three distinctive figures: Medha Patkar, an Indian activist who opposes a dam that will displace thousands of people in western India; Thayer Scudder, an American anthropologist who studies the effects of giant dams on the peoples of southern Africa; and Don Blackmore, an Australian water manager who struggles to reverse the effects of drought so as to allow Australia to continue its march to California-like prosperity. Taking the reader to the sites of controversial dams, Leslie shows why dams are at once the hope of developing nations and a blight on their people and landscape.Deep Wateris an incisive, beautifully written, and deeply disquieting report on a conflict that threatens to divide the world in the coming years., Taking the reader to the sites of controversial dams, Leslie shows why dams are at once the hope of developing nations and a blight on their people and landscape., "If the wars of the last century were fought over oil, the wars of this century will be fought over water." -Ismail Serageldin, "The World Bank The giant dams of today are the modern Pyramids, colossally expensive edifices that generate monumental amounts of electricity, irrigated water, and environmental and social disaster. With "Deep Water, Jacques Leslie offers a searching account of the current crisis over dams and the world's water. An emerging master of long-form reportage, Leslie makes the crisis vivid through the stories of three distinctive figures: Medha Patkar, an Indian activist who opposes a dam that will displace thousands of people in western India; Thayer Scudder, an American anthropologist who studies the effects of giant dams on the peoples of southern Africa; and Don Blackmore, an Australian water manager who struggles to reverse the effects of drought so as to allow Australia to continue its march to California-like prosperity. Taking the reader to the sites of controversial dams, Leslie shows why dams are at once the hope of developing nations and a blight on their people and landscape. "Deep Water is an incisive, beautifully written, and deeply disquieting report on a conflict that threatens to divide the world in the coming years.
LC Classification Number
TC540.L495 2005
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