Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Maps xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. The High Modernist Heyday of Mega-Dam Construction 27
8. Displacement and Alienation of Peoples Worldwide 70
9. Contaminated Water, Disappearing Fish, and Deadly Sediment 114
10. Dam Failures, Real, Imagined, and Ecotage-Inspired 145
11. Conclusion 172
12. Notes 177
13. Bibliography 193
14. Index 201