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Water for All beautifully illustrates the relevance and the power of history as a discipline. It should be of interest to historians of Bolivia and anyone else interested in unearthing the long roots of Latin American discontent that still justify much of the political struggle in the region today." * H-Net Reviews *
"Hines masterfully illuminates the historical roots of grassroots water mobilization." * Hispanic American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
Introduction
1. Water for Those Who Own It: Drought, Dispossession, and
Modernization in the Liberal Era
2. Engineering Water Reform: Military Socialism and Hydraulic
Development
3. Water for Those Who Use It: Agrarian Reform and Hydraulic
Revolution
4. Popular Engineering: Hydraulic Governance and Expertise under
Dictatorship
5. The Water Is Ours: Water Privatization and War in Neoliberal Bolivia
6. After the War: Water and the Making of Plurinational Bolivia
Conclusion: Water for All
Appendix: Maximum Holdings under the 1953 Agrarian Reform Decree Law
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
