Ziolkowski, Margaret, authorUniversity of Wyoming Press, publisher2024-03-252024-03-252024https://hdl.handle.net/10217/238166Mega-Dams in World Literature reveals the varied effects of large dams on people and their environments as expressed in literary works, focusing on the shifting attitudes toward large dams that emerged over the course of the twentieth century. Margaret Ziolkowski covers the enthusiasm for large-dam construction that took place during the mid-twentieth-century heyday of mega-dams, the increasing number of people displaced by dams, the troubling environmental effects they incur, and the types of destruction and protest to which they may be subject.--Provided by publisher.1. Introduction -- 2. The High Modernist Heyday of Mega-Dam Construction -- 3. Displacement and Alienation of Peoples Worldwide -- 4. Contaminated Water, Disappearing Fish, and Deadly Sediment -- 5. Dam Failures, Real, Imagined, and Ecotage-Inspired.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Ecology in literatureEnvironmental literature -- History and criticismConservation of natural resources in literatureTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.