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Concrete revolution : large dams, Cold War geopolitics, and the US Bureau of Reclamation by Sneddon, Christopher is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Water may seem innocuous, but as a universal necessity, it inevitably intersects with politics when it comes to acquisition, control, and associated technologies. While we know a great deal about the socioecological costs and benefits of modern dams, we know far less about their political origins and ramifications. In Concrete Revolution, Christopher Sneddon offers a corrective: a compelling historical account of the US Bureau of Reclamation’s contributions to dam technology, Cold War politics,

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Author

Sneddon, Christopher

Publisher

University of Chicago Press; The University of Chicago Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226284453

Category

history

Subjects

Technology, Engineering, History

Updated

2026-03-25