Displaced
eBook - PDF

Displaced

The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Displaced

The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Series Editors’ Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Editorial Note
  10. CHAPTER 1 Moving People: States, Displacement, and Resettlement
  11. CHAPTER 2 The Individual Voice: The Challenges and Benefits of Listening to Personal Narratives
  12. CHAPTER 3 ā€œWe had a set way of life. All that has been disturbedā€: Tarbela Dam, Pakistan
  13. CHAPTER 4 ā€œI have lost status in my communityā€: Conservation and Agricultural Production in Kenya
  14. CHAPTER 5 ā€œThe people’s place became the animals’ placeā€: Resettlement Policies and Conservation in Botswana and Namibia
  15. CHAPTER 6 ā€œOur fields have gone, our lifestyle has changedā€: Coal Mining in India
  16. CHAPTER 7 ā€œThe wisdom of living in this place will be lostā€: Mohale Dam, Lesotho, before Resettlement
  17. CHAPTER 8 ā€œI do not have the cleverness for hereā€: Mohale Dam, Lesotho, after Displacement
  18. CHAPTER 9 Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Select Bibliography
  21. Index