Rethinking Power, Expertise and Technology in the Twentieth Century Herausgeber: Lagendijk, Vincent; Reinisch, Jessica; Schulze, Frederik; Brydan, David
Rethinking Power, Expertise and Technology in the Twentieth Century Herausgeber: Lagendijk, Vincent; Reinisch, Jessica; Schulze, Frederik; Brydan, David
A global history of dam-building, offering a revisionist narrative of international cooperation, circulation of technological expertise and power relations in the 20th century.
A global history of dam-building, offering a revisionist narrative of international cooperation, circulation of technological expertise and power relations in the 20th century.
Vincent Lagendijk is Assistant Professor of History at Maastricht University, Netherlands, and Senior Researcher at the Rathenau Institute, The Hague. His research focuses on transnational connections, the role of experts, ideology and technology. Frederik Schulze holds the substitute chair for Ibero-American History at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and Privatdozent at the University of Münster, Germany.
Inhaltsangabe
Dam Internationalism: Introduction to a Global Phenomenon Vincent Lagendijk and Frederik Schulze (Maastricht University The Netherlands and University of Bielefeld Germany) 1. A Cohort of Their Own: Indian Hydraulic Engineers as Interlocuters of Dams and Development Ramya Swayamprakash (Grand Valley State University USA) 2. The Internationalization of Dam-Building in Twentieth-Century China Xiangli Ding (Rhode Island School of Design USA) 3. Hydro Expertise U.S. Settler Colonialism U.S. Imperialism: Professionally Communicating the Cold War 1946-1975 Jane Griffith (X University Toronto Canada) 4. Linking the Global to the Nation: Dams and Political Legitimacy in Spain from the 1930s to the 1960s Benjamin Brendel (Philipps Universität Marburg Germany) 5. New Centres of Knowledge: Latin American Dam-Building in the Twentieth Century Frederik Schulze (University of Bielefeld Germany) 6. Internationalism Coerced and Willing: Choreographing the Global Entanglements of an Uzbek Dam in World War II Flora Roberts (Cardiff University UK) 7. Hydro Money Machine: The Global History of Czechoslovak Dam-Building Expertise in the Cold War (1930s-1990s) Jirí Janác and Jakub Mazanec (Univerzita Karlova Prague Czech Republic) 8. Internationalism-Fueled Development Agendas and Dam Construction in Imperial Ethiopia Sara de Simone (University of Trento Italy) 9. The Global Entanglements of Ghana's Volta River Project Stephan Miescher (University of California Santa Barbara USA) 10. Dam Anthropology in Mexico and Beyond Diana Schwartz Francisco (The University of Chicago USA) 11. From Dam Age to Damage: The International Organization of Dam-Building in the Twentieth Century Vincent Lagendijk (Maastricht University The Netherlands) Epilogue Corinna Unger (European University Institute Italy) Selected Bibliography Index
Dam Internationalism: Introduction to a Global Phenomenon Vincent Lagendijk and Frederik Schulze (Maastricht University The Netherlands and University of Bielefeld Germany) 1. A Cohort of Their Own: Indian Hydraulic Engineers as Interlocuters of Dams and Development Ramya Swayamprakash (Grand Valley State University USA) 2. The Internationalization of Dam-Building in Twentieth-Century China Xiangli Ding (Rhode Island School of Design USA) 3. Hydro Expertise U.S. Settler Colonialism U.S. Imperialism: Professionally Communicating the Cold War 1946-1975 Jane Griffith (X University Toronto Canada) 4. Linking the Global to the Nation: Dams and Political Legitimacy in Spain from the 1930s to the 1960s Benjamin Brendel (Philipps Universität Marburg Germany) 5. New Centres of Knowledge: Latin American Dam-Building in the Twentieth Century Frederik Schulze (University of Bielefeld Germany) 6. Internationalism Coerced and Willing: Choreographing the Global Entanglements of an Uzbek Dam in World War II Flora Roberts (Cardiff University UK) 7. Hydro Money Machine: The Global History of Czechoslovak Dam-Building Expertise in the Cold War (1930s-1990s) Jirí Janác and Jakub Mazanec (Univerzita Karlova Prague Czech Republic) 8. Internationalism-Fueled Development Agendas and Dam Construction in Imperial Ethiopia Sara de Simone (University of Trento Italy) 9. The Global Entanglements of Ghana's Volta River Project Stephan Miescher (University of California Santa Barbara USA) 10. Dam Anthropology in Mexico and Beyond Diana Schwartz Francisco (The University of Chicago USA) 11. From Dam Age to Damage: The International Organization of Dam-Building in the Twentieth Century Vincent Lagendijk (Maastricht University The Netherlands) Epilogue Corinna Unger (European University Institute Italy) Selected Bibliography Index
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