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100 1 _aShultz, Jim.
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245 1 0 _aDignity and Defiance
_bStories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization.
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260 _aCA :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c(c)2008.
300 _a1 online resource (353 pages)
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505 0 0 _aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath; 2. A River Turns Black: Enron and Shell Spread Destruction across Bolivia's Highlands; 3. Oil and Gas: The Elusive Wealth beneath Their Feet; 4. Lessons in Blood and Fire: The Deadly Consequences of IMF Economics; 5. Economic Strings: The Politics of Foreign Debt; 6. Coca: The Leaf at the Center of the War on Drugs; 7. Workers, Leaders, and Mothers: Bolivian Women in a Globalizing World; 8. And Those Who Left: Portraits of a Bolivian Exodus; Conclusion: What Bolivia Teaches Us.
505 0 0 _aJim Shultz ContributorsNotes; Index.
520 0 _aDignity and Defiance is a powerful, eyewitness account of Bolivia's decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad. Based on extensive interviews, this story comes alive with first-person accounts of a massive Enron/Shell oil spill from an elderly woman whose livelihood it threatens, of the young people who stood down a former dictator to take back control of their water, and of Bolivia's dramatic and successful challenge to the policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Featuring a substantial introduction, a conclusion, and introductions to each of the c.
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650 4 _aBolivia
_xForeign economic relations.
650 4 _aGlobalization
_xEconomic aspects
_zBolivia.
650 4 _aInvestments, Foreign
_zBolivia.
650 4 _aBusiness.
650 0 _aGlobalization
_xEconomic aspects
_zBolivia.
650 0 _aInvestments, Foreign
_zBolivia.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
700 1 _aDraper, Melissa Crane.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547399&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell