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Anthropogenic rivers : the production of uncertainty in Lao hydropower
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"This ethnography of the forms of reason, power, and knowledge of Lao hydropower development investigates how industry actors formulate an ontology of nature primarily through recourse to American ...
"This ethnography of the forms of reason, power, and knowledge of Lao hydropower development investigates how industry actors formulate an ontology of nature primarily through recourse to American management philosophy"--
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- Creator
- Jerome Whitington
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- JSTOR ebooks
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- Language
- English
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- Ithaca : Cornell University, 2018
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- 1 online resource : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 1501730924, 1501730916, 9781501730924, 1501730908, 1501730932, 9781501730931, 9781501730917, 9781501730900
- OCLC
- on1080075670, on1047524259
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Introduction : the production of uncertainty -- Interlude : on the postcolony (engineering) -- Hydropower's circle of influence -- Interlude : what is a dam? -- Vulnerable at every joint -- Interlude : intimacy (vetting) -- Performance-based management -- Interlude : the method of uncertainty -- The ethics of document engineering -- Interlude : interview notes (lightly edited) -- Anthropogenic rivers -- Conclusion : figuring the anthropogenic