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Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development : Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New African Histories SeriesPublisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821444504
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of DevelopmentDDC classification:
  • 333.71509679
LOC classification:
  • HC890.Z65I83 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Cahora Bassa Timeline -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican History -- 3 Harnessing the River -- 4 Displaced People -- 5 The Lower Zambezi -- 6 Displaced Energy -- 7 Legacies -- Glossary of Select Local Terms -- Bibliography -- new african histories.
Summary: This in-depth study of the Zambezi River Valley examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the Cahora Bassa Dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam's shadow.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Cahora Bassa Timeline -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican History -- 3 Harnessing the River -- 4 Displaced People -- 5 The Lower Zambezi -- 6 Displaced Energy -- 7 Legacies -- Glossary of Select Local Terms -- Bibliography -- new african histories.

This in-depth study of the Zambezi River Valley examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the Cahora Bassa Dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam's shadow.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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