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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788293103321

Autore

Swyngedouw E (Erik)

Titolo

Liquid power : contested hydro-modernities in twentieth-century Spain, 1898-2010 / / Erik Swyngedouw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Urban and Industrial Environments

Disciplina

363.6109460904

Soggetti

Water resources development - Political aspects - Spain - History - 20th century

Water-supply - Political aspects - Spain - History - 20th century

Water - Government policy - Spain - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 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

Sommario/riassunto

Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernisation and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, he shows that every political project is also an environmental project. Offering an innovative perspective on the relationship of nature and society, 'Liquid Power' illuminates the political nature of nature.