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An ethnography of the people and institutions connected with the Itaipu Hydroelectic Dam, which sits on a river dividing Paraguay and Brazil and is the world's single largest producer of renewable energy.Note: This is a simultaneous release. Cloth edition: $80.00, ISBN: 9780691186597.
Christine Folch is assistant professor of cultural anthropology and environmental science and policy at Duke University. Twitter @christinefolch
"Hydropolitics is a lively account of the political maneuvering
that led to the construction and operation of the planet’s largest
generator of hydroelectricity. It speaks to urgent questions in
environmental anthropology while advancing conversations in
political and legal anthropology around sovereignty and social
theories of the state."—Caroline Schuster, Australian National
University
"This fascinating and original book explores one of the most
unusual feats of politics and engineering of the twentieth century.
Itaipu Dam’s unique position among megadams as a binational
corporation forces us to completely rethink the relationship
between energy and sovereignty, and Folch invites us into the story
with first-rate research, keen analysis, and narrative
verve."—Kregg Hetherington, Concordia University
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