Concrete revolution : large dams, Cold War geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation

Concrete revolution : large dams, Cold War geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation / Christopher Sneddon.

Author/creator	Sneddon, Christopher author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Dams--History --20th century. Water resources development--United States. Water resources development--Political aspects. Technical assistance, American--Political aspects --Developing countries. Geopolitics--United States.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page [243]-259) and index.
LCCN	2015002173
ISBN	9780226284316 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	022628431X (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	TC556 .S63 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold