Kilowatts and Crisis: Hydroelectric Power and Social Dislocation in Eastern Panama

By Alaka Wali

Book Overview

This book tells the story of the people of the Bayano region: the pain of resettlement and the courage with which they responded to the threat to their land 1976. The Bayano River, one of three major rivers of the Darien, rushes through the deforested basin which was to be the dam's reservoir. This was an achievement of General Omar TOirijos, th

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367011689
• ISBN13: 9780367011680
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"