Liquid Power: Contested Hydro-Modernities in Twentieth-Century Spain

by Erik Swyngedouw

Book Overview

An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power.

In this book, Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernization and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, Swyngedouw shows that every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262548968
• ISBN13: 9780262548960
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher