
In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers Climate Change and Andean Society
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Assistant Professor of History, Washington and Lee University
Table of Contents
Note on Text | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Melted Ice Destroys a City: Huaraz, 1941 | p. 19 |
Georacial Disorder beneath Enchanted Lakes | p. 45 |
Engineering the Andes, Nationalizing Natural Disaster | p. 67 |
High Development Follows Disasters | p. 97 |
In Pursuit of Danger: Defining and Defending Hazard Zones | p. 121 |
The Story of Vanishing Water Towers | p. 147 |
The Risk of Neoliberal Glaciers | p. 165 |
Conclusion | p. 189 |
Appendix | p. 199 |
Selected Cordillera Blanca Glacial Lake Security Projects | p. 199 |
Glacier-Related Disasters in Cordillera Blanca History | p. 200 |
Government Entities Conducting Glacier and Glacial Lake Projects | p. 201 |
Notes | p. 203 |
Bibliography | p. 241 |
Index | p. 265 |
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