LEADER 02968nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910779541803321 005 20230803020751.0 010 $a0-8214-4450-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039564 035 $a(EBL)1743645 035 $a(OCoLC)884016948 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000883493 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11493342 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000883493 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10924606 035 $a(PQKB)11123360 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743645 035 $a(OCoLC)837528083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27001 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743645 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10682344 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039564 100 $a20121206d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDams, displacement, and the delusion of development$b[electronic resource] $eCahora Bassa and its legacies in Mozambique, 1965/2007 /$fAllen F. Isaacman and Barbara S. Isaacman 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2033-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Cahora Bassa in broader perspective -- The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican history : an overview -- Harnessing the river : high modernism and building the dam, 1965/75 -- Displaced people : forced eviction and life in the protected villages, 1970/75 -- The Lower Zambezi : remaking nature, transforming the landscape, 1975/2007 -- Displaced energy -- Legacies. 330 $aCahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970's during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world's fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam - from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in... 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aEconomic development projects$zMozambique 606 $aForced migration$zZambezi River Valley 607 $aCahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique)$xHistory 607 $aZambezi River Valley$xRural conditions 615 0$aEconomic development projects 615 0$aForced migration 676 $a333.71509679 700 $aIsaacman$b Allen F$0243727 701 $aIsaacman$b Barbara$0243728 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779541803321 996 $aDams, displacement, and the delusion of development$93717132 997 $aUNINA