The Cochabamba Water Revolt and Its Aftermath
A two-and-a-half-gallon bucket of water weighs about twenty-two pounds, slightly more than the weight of five bricks. In Bolivia, that is just enough water to cook a family meal and clean up from it. On the outskirts of Cochabamba, where water is scarce and taps in the home are merely a dream, young...
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| Published in | Dignity and Defiance p. 9 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of California Press
08.12.2008
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| Edition | 1 |
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| Summary: | A two-and-a-half-gallon bucket of water weighs about twenty-two pounds, slightly more than the weight of five bricks. In Bolivia, that is just enough water to cook a family meal and clean up from it.
On the outskirts of Cochabamba, where water is scarce and taps in the home are merely a dream, young children, burdened mothers, and bent-over grandmothers carry such buckets of water over long distances from rivers or public spigots. For thousands here, gathering water in this way is a basic feature of their lives, in the way people in other parts of the world gather water by |
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| ISBN: | 0520256980 9780520256989 |