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Meredith McKittrick, "Green Lands for White Men: Desert Dystopias and the Environmental Origins of Apartheid" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Controversy in Southern Africa's Water Scheme

This chapter explores the troubled investigation into a water diversion plan in Southern Africa, initiated in 1925 amid public demand and scientific skepticism. It highlights the political implications of the scheme, particularly how it intersected with the rise of apartheid and reshaped land ownership and citizenship in favor of white settlers.

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