The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams: A review of the literature |
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... PEASANTS VERSUS STATE AND INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA . Bjorn Beckman in The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams , Vol . 2 : Case Studies , edited by E. Goldsmith and N. Hildyard , Wadebridge Ecological Centre , 1986. ( 8,000 words ) ...
... PEASANTS VERSUS STATE AND INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA . Bjorn Beckman in The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams , Vol . 2 : Case Studies , edited by E. Goldsmith and N. Hildyard , Wadebridge Ecological Centre , 1986. ( 8,000 words ) ...
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... Peasant society in Cey- lon was divided according to occupational castes , all of which were peasant - cultivators working irrigated rice lands according to identical techniques and also performing the duties of washerman , drummer ...
... Peasant society in Cey- lon was divided according to occupational castes , all of which were peasant - cultivators working irrigated rice lands according to identical techniques and also performing the duties of washerman , drummer ...
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... Peasants happily sold their land thinking that the jobs and money associated with the dam were there to stay . When the laying off of workers began in 1982 , former peasants had nowhere to go . They returned to occupy uncultivated ...
... Peasants happily sold their land thinking that the jobs and money associated with the dam were there to stay . When the laying off of workers began in 1982 , former peasants had nowhere to go . They returned to occupy uncultivated ...
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