Deep Water
The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
Picador · Print & ebook · November 14, 2006
A Discover Magazine Top Science Book of the Year A Northern California Book Award Finalist There are more than 45,000 of them in the world.
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- Who it’s for
- Jacques Leslie examines the emerging water crisis through three lives shaped by dam conflicts.
- Themes
- Dams and the water crisis, Environmental and social impacts, Displacement
- Genres
- Conservation, Dams & Reservoirs, Hydrology
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A Discover Magazine Top Science Book of the Year A Northern California Book Award Finalist There are more than 45,000 of them in the world. They have altered the speed of the planet's rotation, the tilt of its axis, and the shape of its gravitational field. They influence landscapes and societies. They are dams, and in Deep Water, Jacques Leslie offers an incisive, searching, and beautifully written account of the emerging crisis over dams and the world's water.
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Reporting in the tradition of John McPhee and Peter Matthiessen, Leslie examines the crisis through the lives of three people: Medha Patkar, the world's foremost anti-dam activist; Thayer Scudder, an American anthropologist; and Don Blackmore, an Australian water manager. In each of these engrossing portraits, Leslie shows how dams seduce national leaders with seeming bounties of water and power but end up producing blights on the citizenry and landscape. Deep Water is an eloquent and important book about the water crisis and a startling look at the fate of our planet.
Three Dam Portraits
Jacques Leslie examines the emerging water crisis through three lives shaped by dam conflicts.
Come here for
- Portraits of Medha Patkar, Thayer Scudder, and Don Blackmore
- Reporting on dams, water, power, and their effects on people and landscapes
Expect
- A portrait of anti-dam activist Medha Patkar
- Separate portraits of anthropologist Thayer Scudder and water manager Don Blackmore
Where it sits
| Dams & Reservoirs | 58% |
|---|---|
| Hydrology | 44% |
| Conservation | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Energy Industry
- Natural Resources
- Authors
- Jacques Leslie
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- November 14, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Dams and the water crisis · Environmental and social impacts · Displacement
- Reading lane
- Energy Industry