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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

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Long before a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010, Haiti was one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world. However, in the late 1980
Damming Grand Canyon
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Diane E Boyer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-05-07 - Publisher:

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In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descende
In the Shadow of the Dam
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Elizabeth M. Sharpe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-10 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow river
Haiti's New Dictatorship
Language: en
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Authors: Justin Podur
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Amid a global zeitgeist of impending catastrophe, this book explores the culture of fear so prevalent in today's politics, economic climate, and religious extre
Damming the Osage
Language: en
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If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vin