Hydropolitics: The Itaipu Dam, Sovereignty, and the Engineering of Modern South America

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An in-depth look at the people and institutions connected with the Itaipu Dam, the world's biggest producer of renewable energy Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways the energy we use shapes politics and economics. Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Dam straddles the Parana River border tha

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"Hydropolitics is a lively account of the political maneuvering that led to the construction and operation of the planets largest generator of hydroelectricity. It speaks to urgent questions in environmental anthropology while advancing conversations in political and legal anthropology around sovereignty and social theories of the state."Caroline Schuster, Australian National University
"This fascinating and original book explores one of the most unusual feats of politics and engineering of the twentieth century. Itaipu Dams unique position among megadams as a binational corporation forces us to completely rethink the relationship between energy and sovereignty, and Folch invites us into the story with first-rate research, keen analysis, and narrative verve."Kregg Hetherington, Concordia University

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Christine Folch is assistant professor of cultural anthropology and environmental science and policy at Duke University. Twitter @christinefolch