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Before the Flood: The Itaipu Dam - Paperback, by Blanc Ph.D. Jacob - Very Good

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Book Title
Before the Flood: The Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Braz
ISBN
9781478004899
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
1478004894
ISBN-13
9781478004899
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038701971

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Before the Flood : the Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil
Language
English
Subject
Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Power Resources / General, Latin America / South America
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, History
Author
Jacob Blanc
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-006363
Reviews
[Blanc's] source base is impressive, drawing from oral history interviews, state archives in Brazil and Paraguay, and--most innovatively--the records of the Itaipú Binational itself.... The result is a fine piece of scholarship with demonstrated value for classroom use., The colossal Itaipu Dam at the Brazil-Paraguay border may well be the most enduring monument to the ambitions of Brazil's twenty-one-year military dictatorship. And, as Jacob Blanc incisively argues in Before the Flood , its construction also formed part of a longer history of predation, with the spectacular visibility of Itaipu being premised on the invisibility of the region's agrarian population. This remarkable study not only rescues the displaced rural people from oblivion but reveals how their political struggles contributed to the ongoing efforts for a more equitable and dignified way of life in the Brazilian countryside., A pleasure to read, this book illuminates forces of power and protest mobilized against a useful but predatory, and thus unsustainable, form of green-energy infrastructure--the hydroelectric dam.... Blanc's fascinating and illuminating book is itself a form of protest, a scholarly performance that makes the hinterlands visible and the complications of history readable., ... Before the Flood makes a welcome and timely contribution to our understanding of large dam politics and of rural empowerment. Blanc's arguments are interesting, intricate, and convincing., Blanc's compelling social history of the rural experiences of Itaipu's flooding also makes a very important contribution to energy studies. ... By situating these peoples as actors and not just collateral costs of development, Before the Flood expands the limits of a growing field in an exciting way., During the waning years of military rule, tens of thousands of rural Brazilians were permanently displaced from their homes near the Paraguayan border by the Itaipu hydroelectric dam in the name of energy development and binational cooperation. Jacob Blanc's illuminating study traces the diverse historical paths of the affected communities to hierarchies of landholding patterns, cultural capital, and political visibility. In the process, he deftly explores the political dividends and divides that marked rural social movements' struggles for democratic inclusion in the Brazilian countryside.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
333.91/415098162
Table Of Content
Abbreviations ix Note on Terminology and Orthography xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. History as Seen from the Countryside 1 1. Borders, Geopolitics, and the Forgotten Roots of Itaipu 20 2. The Project of the Century and the Battle for Public Opinion 53 3. The Double Reality of Abertura: Rural Experiences of Dictatorship and Democracy 82 4. Sem Tekoha não há Tekó : Avá Guarani Lands and the Construction of Indigeneity 125 5. The Last Political Prisoner: Borderland Elites and the Twilight of Military Rule 154 6. "Men without a Country": Agrarian Resettlement and the Strategies of Frontier Colonization 170 7. Land for Those Who Work It: Mastro and a New Era of Agrarian Reform in Brazil 197 Conclusion. After the Flood 228 Notes 235 Bibliography 277 Index 291
Synopsis
In Before the Flood Jacob Blanc traces the protest movements of rural Brazilians living in the shadow of the Itaipu dam--the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world. In the 1970s and 1980s, local communities facing displacement took a stand against the military officials overseeing the dam's construction, and in the context of an emerging national fight for democracy, they elevated their struggle for land into a referendum on the dictatorship itself. Unlike the broader campaign against military rule, however, the conflict at Itaipu was premised on issues that long predated the official start of dictatorship: access to land, the defense of rural and indigenous livelihoods, and political rights in the countryside. In their efforts against Itaipu and through conflicts among themselves, title-owning farmers, landless peasants, and the Avá-Guarani Indians articulated a rural-based vision for democracy. Through interviews and archival research--including declassified military documents and the first-ever access to the Itaipu Binational Corporation-- Before the Flood challenges the primacy of urban-focused narratives and unearths the rural experiences of dictatorship and democracy in Brazil., Jacob Blanc examines the creation of the Itaipu Dam--the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world--on the Brazil-Paraguay border during the 1970s and 1980s to explore the long-standing conflicts around land, rights, indigeneity, and identity in rural Brazil., In Before the Flood Jacob Blanc traces the protest movements of rural Brazilians living in the shadow of the Itaipu dam--the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world. In the 1970s and 1980s, local communities facing displacement took a stand against the military officials overseeing the dam's construction, and in the context of an emerging national fight for democracy, they elevated their struggle for land into a referendum on the dictatorship itself. Unlike the broader campaign against military rule, however, the conflict at Itaipu was premised on issues that long predated the official start of dictatorship: access to land, the defense of rural and indigenous livelihoods, and political rights in the countryside. In their efforts against Itaipu and through conflicts among themselves, title-owning farmers, landless peasants, and the Av -Guarani Indians articulated a rural-based vision for democracy. Through interviews and archival research--including declassified military documents and the first-ever access to the Itaipu Binational Corporation-- Before the Flood challenges the primacy of urban-focused narratives and unearths the rural experiences of dictatorship and democracy in Brazil.
LC Classification Number
TK1442.I85B536 2019

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