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UNINA9910780639403321 |
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Titolo |
Dignity and Defiance : Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization / / James Shultz, Melissa Draper |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36078-7 |
9786612360787 |
0-520-94266-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Globalization - Economic aspects - Bolivia |
Investments, Foreign - Bolivia |
Bolivia Foreign economic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-336) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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