This timely examination of hydropower in Brazil brings nuance to energy debates, centring social and environmental justice.

"In the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a spate of low carbon hydropower dams to electrify its cities and industries. T

"In many ways, everything we once knew about energy resources and technologies has been impacted by: the longstanding scientific consensus on climate change and

The book focuses on the human and social effects of the construction of hydroelectric dams in Brazil. It discusses themes such as forced migrations, how the fam

During the 20th century dam-building became a truly global endeavour. Built around the world, they generated networks of actors, institutions and companies embe