Water, history, and politics in Zimbabwe : Bulawayo's struggles with the environment, 1894-2008 / Muchaparara Musemwa.
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TextPublication details: Trenton Africa World Press 2014Description: xxxv, 218p.; 22cmISBN: - 9781592219728 (hard cover)
- 9781592219735 (pbk.)
- Water-supply -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo -- History -- 20th century
- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo
- Water-supply -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo
- Water rights -- Political aspects -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo
- Water -- Government policy -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo -- History -- 20th century
- Riparian rights -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo -- History -- 20th century
- Water -- Zimbabwe -- Bulawayo -- History -- 20th century
- Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- History -- 20th century
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- TD319.R45 M87 2014
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"This book emanates from my doctoral dissertation, Struggles over Water: The History and Politics of Urban Water Supply Services in Makokoba Township, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 1894-1992, presented to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, USA, in 2003."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Living with scarcity : the socio-economic and cultural significance of water among the Ndebele-speaking people of Zimbabwe, 1840-1893 -- The evolution of the city of Bulawayo and the impetus for water development, 1894-1953 -- The origins and development of Makokoba African township under conditions of water scarcity, 1894-1979 -- Disciplining a "dissident" city : hydro-politics in Bulawayo 1980-1992 -- "Water rationing killed Makokoba" : the socio-environmental impact of the 1982-1992 droughts on Makokoba Township -- Bulawayo's continuing struggles with water scarcity : seeking solutions to a perennial problem, 1993-2008.
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