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Author:
Sneddon, Christopher, author.
Title:
Concrete revolution : large dams, Cold War geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation / Christopher Sneddon.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Dams--History--20th century.
Water resources development--United States.
United States.--Bureau of Reclamation.
Water resources development--Political aspects.
Technical assistance, American--Political aspects--Developing countries.
Geopolitics--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 243-259) and index.
Contents:
Large dams, technopolitics, and development -- Building a "world-wide fraternity" : the Bureau, China, and John Savage -- "A reclamation program to lead them" : the Bureau goes global -- Ethiopia, the Bureau, and investigations of the blue Nile -- Cold War geopolitics, technical expertise, and the Mekong project -- Large dams and the contemporary geopolitics of development -- Conclusion : large dams and other things.
ISBN:
022628431X
9780226284316
OCLC:
(OCoLC)900609687
LCCN:
2015002173
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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