Liquid power: contested hydro-modernities in twentieth-century Spain

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An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power.

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Full title :Liquid power : contested hydro-modernities in twentieth-century Spain / Erik Swyngedouw.

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An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

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Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262326957, 0262326957
oclc:ocn908320774
LC Classification:HD1697.S7
Dewey Decimal:333.9100946

Preface; List of Acronyms; 1 "Not a Drop of Water . . .": Spain's Cyborg Water World; 2 The Hydro-Social Cycle and the Making of Cyborg Worlds; 3 "Regeneracionismo" and the Emergence of Hydraulic Modernization, 1898 -- 1930; 4 Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Failure of Early Twentieth-Century Hydraulic Modernization; 5 Paco El Rana's Wet Dream for Spain; 6 Welcome Mr. Marshall!; 7 Marching Forward to the Past: From Hydro-Deadlock to Water and Modernity Reimagined; 8 Mobilizing the Seas: Reassembling Hydro-Modernities.

9 Politicizing Water, Politicizing Natures: Or ... "WaterDoes Not Exist!"Notes; References; Index; Urban and Industrial Environments Series List.

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Eau -- Approvisionnement -- 20e siècle.… Eau -- Politique gouvernementale -- 20e… Electronic books History Ressources en eau -- Exploitation -- 20… Spain Water -- Government policy Water -- Government policy -- 20th cent… Water resources development -- Politica… Water resources development -- Politica… Water-supply -- Political aspects Water-supply -- Political aspects -- 20…