On Water showcases the range of disciplines and methodological approaches that are brought together at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. In this volume, nine scholars affiliated with the RCC present their research in the fields of history, philosophy, literary studies, geography, and cultural studies.
Content
An environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon.
This drama captures how the inhabitants of Javé, a small village somewhere in Brazil, set out to secure a future for themselves in the face of plans for a hydropower dam that threaten to submerge their village.
An environmental history of waterways in the United States.
The main function of the dam is flood control and the production of energy.
For nearly a century, we have relied increasingly on science and technology to harness natural forces, but at what environmental and social cost?
