Damming The Flood

Author : Peter Hallward
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789601152

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Damming the Flood by Peter Hallward Pdf

Long before a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010, Haiti was one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world. However, in the late 1980s a remarkable popular mobilization known as Lavalas ("the flood") sought to liberate the island from decades of US-backed dictatorial rule. Damming the Flood analyzes how and why the Lavalas governments led by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide were overthrown, in 1991 and again in 2004, by the enemies of democracy in Haiti and abroad. The elaborate campaign to suppress Lavalas was perhaps the most successful act of imperial sabotage since the end of the Cold War. It has left the people of Haiti at the mercy of some of the most rapacious political and economic forces on the planet. Updated with a substantial new afterword that addresses the international response to the earthquake, Damming the Flood is both an invaluable account of recent Haitian history and an illuminating analysis of twenty-first-century imperialism.

Author : Rohan D'Souza
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 019946913X

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Drowned and Dammed by Rohan D'Souza Pdf

This book explores the idea and practice of flood control and argues that this is a part of a political agenda, deeply implicated in the social, economic, and political calculations of capitalism in general and colonialism in particular. It argues for a comprehensive reconsideration of the debate on the colonial environmental watershed, its hydraulic legacy, and questions contemporary enthusiasm for flood control in post-independent India. The author argues that the British assembled and deployed the idea and practice of flood control in order to secure their presence in the Orissa Delta. It was principally a political project deeply implicated in the social, economic, and political calculations of capitalism in general and colonialism in particular. Through the function of flood control, colonial rule sought to organize systems of land revenue, institute capitalist private property, and shape the region's hydrology with physical infrastructure such as embankments, canal networks, and inevitably the Hirakud Dam. In seeking to dominate the delta's many rivers, colonial capitalism brought about an unprecedented ecological rupture by transforming the Orissa Delta from a flood-dependent agrarian regime to a flood-vulnerable landscape. This ecological rupture revealed the particularities of colonial capitalism in its relationships with the natural world.

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226470924

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The Water Kingdom by Philip Ball Pdf

From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China’s culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and powerful new way of thinking about Chinese civilization. Water, Ball shows, is a key that unlocks much of Chinese culture. In The Water Kingdom, he takes us on a grand journey through China’s past and present, showing how the complexity and energy of the country and its history repeatedly come back to the challenges, opportunities, and inspiration provided by the waterways. Drawing on stories from travelers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, all of whom have been influenced by an environment shaped and permeated by water, Ball explores how the ubiquitous relationship of the Chinese people to water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. From the Han emperors to Mao, the ability to manage the waters ? to provide irrigation and defend against floods ? was a barometer of political legitimacy, often resulting in engineering works on a gigantic scale. It is a struggle that continues today, as the strain of economic growth on water resources may be the greatest threat to China’s future. The Water Kingdom offers an unusual and fascinating history, uncovering just how much of China’s art, politics, and outlook have been defined by the links between humanity and nature.

Author : Claude Alphonso Alvares,Ramesh Billorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Dams
ISBN : UOM:39015061272053

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Damming the Narmada by Claude Alphonso Alvares,Ramesh Billorey Pdf

Author : Karl Boyd Brooks
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295989761

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Public Power, Private Dams by Karl Boyd Brooks Pdf

In the years following World War II, the world’s biggest dam was almost built in Hells Canyon on the Snake River in Idaho. Karl Boyd Brooks tells the story of the dam controversy, which became a referendum not only on public-power expansion but also on the environmental implications of the New Deal’s natural resources and economic policy. Private-power critics of the Hells Canyon High Dam posed difficult questions about the implications of damming rivers to create power and to grow crops. Activists, attorneys, and scientists pioneered legal tactics and political rhetoric that would help to define the environmental movement in the 1960s. The debate, however, was less about endangered salmon or threatened wild country and more about who would control land and water and whether state enterprise or private capital would oversee the supply of electricity. By thwarting the dam’s construction, Snake Basin irrigators retained control over water as well as economic and political power in Idaho, putting the state on a postwar path that diverged markedly from that of bordering states. In the end, the opponents of the dam were responsible for preserving high deserts and mountain rivers from radical change. With Public Power, Private Dams, Karl Brooks makes an important contribution not only to the history of the Pacific Northwest and the region’s anadromous fisheries but also to the environmental history of the United States in the period after World War II.

Author : Emily O'Gorman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643106666

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Flood Country by Emily O'Gorman Pdf

Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin are crucial sources of water for people, animals and plants in this often dry region of inland eastern Australia. Even so, floods have often been experienced as natural disasters, which have led to major engineering schemes. Flood Country explores the contested and complex history of this region, examining the different ways in which floods have been understood and managed and some of the long-term consequences for people, rivers and ecologies. The book examines many tensions, ranging from early exchanges between Aboriginal people and settlers about the dangers of floods, through to long running disputes between graziers and irrigators over damming floodwater, and conflicts between residents and colonial governments over whose responsibility it was to protect townships from floods. Flood Country brings the Murray-Darling Basin's flood history into conversation with contemporary national debates about climate change and competing access to water for livelihoods, industries and ecosystems. It provides an important new historical perspective on this significant region of Australia, exploring how people, rivers and floods have re-made each other.

Author : Justin Podur
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0745332579

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Haiti's New Dictatorship by Justin Podur Pdf

In 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, it was placed under UN military occupation.Haiti's New Dictatorship charts the country's recent history, from the 2004 coup against President Aristide to the devastating 2010 earthquake, revealing a shocking story of abuse and indifference by international forces. Justin Podur unmasks the grim reality of a supposedly benign international occupation, arguing that the denial of sovereignty is the fundamental cause of Haiti's problems. A powerful challenge and wake-up call to the international NGO and development community, Haiti's New Dictatorship is essential reading for anyone concerned with justice in the global south and progressive development policies.

Author : Leland Payton,Crystal Payton
Publisher : Lens & Pens Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Bagnell Dam (Mo.)
ISBN : 0967392586

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Damming the Osage by Leland Payton,Crystal Payton Pdf

If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vintage images, this book tells the dramatic saga of human ambition pitted against natural limitations and forces beyond man's control.

Author : Diane E Boyer,Robert H. Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030260828

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Damming Grand Canyon by Diane E Boyer,Robert H. Webb Pdf

In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the expedition not only made the first accurate survey of the river gorge but sought to decide the canyon's fate. The primary goal was to determine the best places to dam the Grand. With Boulder Dam not yet built, the USGS, especially La Rue, contested with the Bureau of Reclamation over how best to develop the Colorado River. The survey party played a major role in what was known and thought about Grand Canyon. The authors weave a narrative from the party's firsthand accounts and frame it with a thorough history of water politics and development and the Colorado River. The recommended dams were not built, but the survey both provided base data that stood the test of time and helped define Grand Canyon in the popular imagination.

Author : Michael Collier,Robert H. Webb,John C. Schmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Chattahoochee River
ISBN : OSU:32435062555602

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Dams and Rivers by Michael Collier,Robert H. Webb,John C. Schmidt Pdf

Outlines the role of science in restoring or otherwise altering unwanted downstream effects of dams, including eroding river banks, changes in waterfowl habitat, threats to safe recreational use, and the loss of river sand bars, examining seven selected areas of the country -- the upper Salt River in central Arizona; the Snake River in Idaho, Oregon and Washington; the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas; the Chattahoochee River in Georgia; the Platte River in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska; the Green River in Utah; and the Colorado River in Arizona -- to focus on specific downstream effects of dams and the management issues related to their operation.

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Barrages
ISBN : UIUC:30112029021083

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Design of Small Dams by United States. Bureau of Reclamation Pdf

Author : Christopher Sneddon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226284453

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Concrete Revolution by Christopher Sneddon Pdf

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 and ramifications. In Concrete Revolution, Christopher Sneddon offers a corrective: a compelling historical account of the US Bureau of Reclamation’s contributions to dam technology, Cold War politics, and the social and environmental adversity perpetuated by the US government in its pursuit of economic growth and geopolitical power. Founded in 1902, the Bureau became enmeshed in the US State Department’s push for geopolitical power following World War II, a response to the Soviet Union’s increasing global sway. By offering technical and water resource management advice to the world’s underdeveloped regions, the Bureau found that it could not only provide them with economic assistance and the United States with investment opportunities, but also forge alliances and shore up a country’s global standing in the face of burgeoning communist influence. Drawing on a number of international case studies—from the Bureau’s early forays into overseas development and the launch of its Foreign Activities Office in 1950 to the Blue Nile investigation in Ethiopia—Concrete Revolution offers insights into this historic damming boom, with vital implications for the present. If, Sneddon argues, we can understand dams as both technical and political objects rather than instruments of impartial science, we can better participate in current debates about large dams and river basin planning.

Author : Margaret Barber,Gráinne Ryder
Publisher : Toronto ; London : Earthscan
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : IND:30000057316881

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Damming the Three Gorges by Margaret Barber,Gráinne Ryder Pdf

Recently, the Chinese government has decided, with a minimum of fanfare, to press ahead with one of the largest hydroelectric project ever built - a dam across the Yangtze river at the Three Gorges. The dam aims to generate 17,500 MW of electricity, will displace over 1 million people, and will create a lake over 450 miles long.

Author : David D. Alt
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 0878424156

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Glacial Lake Missoula by David D. Alt Pdf

Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods tells the gripping tale of a huge Ice Age lake that drained suddenly--not just once but repeatedly--and reshaped the landscape of the Northwest. The narrative follows the path of the floodwaters as they raged from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, then scoured through eastern Washington and down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific Ocean.

Author : Cari Meister
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617875052

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Floods by Cari Meister Pdf

Discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of floods, notable floods of the past, and ways to survive them.