1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001767679707536

Autore

Maraldi, Ugo

Titolo

Dal cannonissimo al raggio mortale / Ugo Maraldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Bompiani, 1939

Descrizione fisica

318 p., [15] c. di tav. : ill. ; 20 cm

Collana

Avventure del pensiero ; 29

Classificazione

LC U800

53(023)

Disciplina

355.8

Soggetti

Weapons - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780639403321

Titolo

Dignity and Defiance : Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / / James Shultz, Melissa Draper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

1-282-36078-7

9786612360787

0-520-94266-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Globalization - Economic aspects - Bolivia

Investments, Foreign - Bolivia

Bolivia Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath -- Chapter 2. A River Turns Black -- Chapter 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet -- Chapter 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire -- Chapter 5. Economic Strings -- Chapter 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs -- Chapter 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers -- Chapter 8. And Those Who Left -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dignity and Defiance is a powerful, eyewitness account of Bolivia's decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad. Based on extensive interviews, this story comes alive with first-person accounts of a massive Enron/Shell oil spill from an elderly woman whose livelihood it threatens, of the young people who stood down a former dictator to take back control of their water, and of Bolivia's dramatic and successful challenge to the policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Featuring a substantial introduction, a conclusion, and introductions to each of the chapters, this well-crafted mix of storytelling and analysis is a rich portrait of people calling for global integration to be different than it has been: more fair and more just.