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The Shortest Kid in the World (Step into Reading. a Step 2 Book) - Bliss, Co...
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- Condition
- Release Year
- 1995
- ISBN
- 9780679958093
- Book Title
- Shortest Kid in the World
- Book Series
- Step Into Reading Ser.: Step 2
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Poydar, Nancy, Yes
- Genre
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- General, Readers
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 48 Pages
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From the foreword: "Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge. [This] study constitutes such a turning point." "A powerful critique of mainstream understandings of 'development.'"--Richard Tardanico, Florida International University What does a multi-billion-dollar dam mean to the majority of local people living in precarious social and economic conditions? In this study of a large-scale international infrastructure project, Ribeiro found one answer: the prevailing model of development must change. He demonstrates why and how development, in the context of the Yacyretá High Dam in Argentina, has not been able to bring about well-being on a sustainable basis for most people affected by the project. He maintains that development, which he calls "economic expansion," is played on a field of political and economic struggle where the players who start the action keep the advantage. He links development projects more closely to the needs of national and international elites than to the local populations, and he coins the term "consortiation" to describe the interaction among capitalist agencies involved in the projects. This is the first anthropological work to study a large-scale infrastructure project from within. While Ribeiro analyzes the different power groups who competed for access to and control of the high dam, he also shows how the dam modified the social and physical landscape and examines the rise of a new kind of nomadic laborer with a distinct identity, the "bicho de obra"--work site animal. Social scientists, regional planners, engineers, diplomats, and environmentalists will find this book useful. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Brasilia.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
ISBN-10
0679958096
ISBN-13
9780679958093
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1088796
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shortest Kid in the World
Illustrator
Poydar, Nancy, Yes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Readers
Book Series
Step Into Reading Ser.: Step 2
Publication Year
1995
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Age Range
6-8
Grade from
First Grade
Grade to
Third Grade
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Decimal
[E]
Dewey Edition
20
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