Displaced [electronic resource] : The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement /
Bennett, O.author.
McDowell, C.author.
A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity, identity, shifts in family responsibilities, gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; CHAPTER 1 Moving People: States, Displacement, and Resettlement; CHAPTER 2 The Individual Voice: The Challenges and Benefits of Listening to Personal Narratives; CHAPTER 3 "We had a set way of life. All that has been disturbed": Tarbela Dam, Pakistan; CHAPTER 4 "I have lost status in my community": Conservation and Agricultural Production in Kenya; CHAPTER 5 "The people's place became the animals' place": Resettlement Policies and Conservation in Botswana and Namibia
CHAPTER 6 "Our fields have gone, our lifestyle has changed": Coal Mining in IndiaCHAPTER 7 "The wisdom of living in this place will be lost": Mohale Dam, Lesotho, before Resettlement; CHAPTER 8 "I do not have the cleverness for here": Mohale Dam, Lesotho, after Displacement; CHAPTER 9 Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity, identity, shifts in family responsibilities, gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities.
Sociology.
Social justice.
Human rights.
World politics.
Social history.
Political sociology.
Civilization—History.
Sociology, general.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Political History.
Social History.
Political Sociology.
Cultural History.