Whitington, Jerome,  1974- <br/><br/>
Anthropogenic rivers :  the production of uncertainty in Lao hydropower / 
Jerome Whitington. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the production of uncertainty --  Interlude : on the postcolony (engineering) --  Hydropower's circle of influence --  Interlude : what is a dam? --  Vulnerable at every joint --  Interlude : intimacy (vetting) --  Performance-based management --  Interlude : the method of uncertainty --  The ethics of document engineering --  Interlude : interview notes (lightly edited) --  Anthropogenic rivers --  Conclusion : figuring the anthropogenic. 
<br/><br/> "This ethnography of the forms of reason, power, and knowledge of Lao hydropower development investigates how industry actors formulate an ontology of nature primarily through recourse to American management philosophy"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501730924 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018035347 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--Laos.<br/>Human ecology--Laos.<br/>Sustainable development--Social aspects--Laos.<br/>Hydroelectric power plants--Environmental aspects--Laos.<br/>Hydroelectric power plants--Social aspects--Laos.<br/>Dams--Environmental aspects--Laos.<br/>Dams--Social aspects--Laos.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN635  / .A584 2018