Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (80 min.).
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012001
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Keywords:
Ecology.
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Sewage.
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Water Pollution.
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Water Pollution
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Water-supply engineering Environmental aspects.
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Water-supply
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United States.
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France
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Documentary films.
Abstract:
From the cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century to the climbing cancer rate of our time; from the colossal scale of New York City's aqueduct and water tunnels to the water wars of the West; from the dangers of chemical contamination to the water politics of Polanski's film Chinatown, Water and the Dream of the Engineers explores both the engineers' dreams for, and public fears about, the world we have inherited. This is a fascinating documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate between David Brower (former Sierra Club President), biologist Barry Commoner, and Able Wolman (dean of American Sanitary Engineering). The film's wider context is provided by the frustrations and concerns of those who maintain and use our water systems in the present day. The film is an educational odyssey about engineering, environmentalism, and the troubled relations between these two traditions. Most importantly, Water and the Dream of the Engineers reveals that conflicts over technology and the environment are, at root, debates about power and the promise of democracy.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in 1983 in New York City, New Orleans and California.
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Previously released as DVD.
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This edition in English.
URL:
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