How Long to Read Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development

How Long Does it Take to Read Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development by Allen F. Isaacman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam—from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of human displacement, violence, and environmental destruction. Its electricity benefited few Mozambicans, even after the former guerrillas of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) came to power; instead, it fed industrialization in apartheid South Africa.” (Richard Roberts) This in-depth study of the region examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam’s shadow.

How long is Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development?

Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development by Allen F. Isaacman is 309 pages long, and a total of 80,031 words.

This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development aloud.

What Reading Level is Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development?

Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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