The Greater Common Good.
by ROY, ARUNDHATI
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About This Item
Melbourne.: La Trobe University Press.. Map, 20pp, very good in stapled wrappers, small quarto. The Fourteenth Hugo Wolfsohn Memorial Lecture. The Narmada Valley Development Project is the subject of Roy's article entitled "The Greater Common Good". This lecture at La Trobe University makes reference to the various mega dams being built in the Narmada Valley in Gujarat, and to her article. .
Synopsis
This book is a short article full of information about the building of the Narmada Vally Dam and nuclear testing in India, and the persons displaced because of it. Cutting and a riveting read railing against nationalism, development programs, and state-condoned opression.
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- Asia Bookroom (AU)
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- Title
- The Greater Common Good.
- Author
- ROY, ARUNDHATI
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- La Trobe University Press.
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne.
- Keywords
- Asia, Gujarat, India, Politics, South Asia, Water, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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