Dam Internationalism by Vincent Lagendijk, Frederik Schulze - 9781350367913

Dam InternationalismRethinking Power, Expertise and Technology in the Twentieth Century\nAuthor(s): Vincent Lagendijk, Frederik Schulze\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350367913, 978-1350367913\nSynopsis\nDuring the 20th century dam-building became a truly global endeavour. Built around the world, they generated networks of actors, institutions and companies embedded in globally circulating technological knowledge and discourses of modernization and development. This volume takes a global approach to the history of dams, exploring the complex power relations and internationalist entanglements that shaped them. \n\nShedding new light on the globalization of technology and international power struggles that defined the 20th century, Dam Internationalism shows that dams are artefacts in their own right and have created new and revisionist histories that urge us to rethink classic narratives. From intern.