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Author Swyngedouw, E. (Erik), author.

Title Liquid power : water and contested modernities in Spain, 1898-2010 / Erik Swyngedouw
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations
Series Urban and industrial environments
Urban and industrial environments.
Contents Preface; List of Acronyms; 1 "Not a Drop of Water . . .": Spain's Cyborg Water World; 2 The Hydro-Social Cycle and the Making of Cyborg Worlds; 3 "Regeneracionismo" and the Emergence of Hydraulic Modernization, 1898 -- 1930; 4 Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Failure of Early Twentieth-Century Hydraulic Modernization; 5 Paco El Rana's Wet Dream for Spain; 6 Welcome Mr. Marshall!; 7 Marching Forward to the Past: From Hydro-Deadlock to Water and Modernity Reimagined; 8 Mobilizing the Seas: Reassembling Hydro-Modernities
9 Politicizing Water, Politicizing Natures: Or ... "WaterDoes Not Exist!"Notes; References; Index; Urban and Industrial Environments Series List
Summary Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernisation and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, he shows that every political project is also an environmental project. Offering an innovative perspective on the relationship of nature and society, 'Liquid Power' illuminates the political nature of nature
Analysis ENVIRONMENT/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Water resources development -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Water -- Government policy -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Water -- Government policy
Water resources development -- Political aspects
Water-supply -- Political aspects
Spain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780262326957
0262326957