Water for All

Community, Property, and Revolution in Modern Bolivia

Sarah T. Hines

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University of California Press
14 December 2021

History of the Americas; Ethnic studies; Politics & government; Management of land & natural resources; Conservation of the environment

Water for All chronicles how Bolivians democratized water access, focusing on the Cochabamba region, the country’s third largest city and most important agricultural valley. Covering the period from 1879 to 2019, Sarah T. Hines examines the conflict over control of the region’s water sources, showing how communities of water users increased supply and extended distribution through collective labor and social struggle. Through analysis of a wide variety of sources from agrarian reform case records to oral history interviews, Hines investigates how water dispossession in the late nineteenth century and reclaimed water access in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries prompted, shaped, and strengthened popular and indigenous social movements. The struggle for democratic control over water culminated in the successful Water War uprising in 2000, a decisive turning point for Bolivian politics. This story offers lessons in contemporary resource management and grassroots movements for how humans can build equitable, democratic, and sustainable resource systems in the Andes, Latin America, and beyond.

By: Sarah T. Hines
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520381643
ISBN 10: 0520381645
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 14 December 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah T. Hines is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Oklahoma.

Reviews for Water for All: Community, Property, and Revolution in Modern Bolivia

Water for All beautifully illustrates the relevance and the power of history as a discipline. It should be of interest to historians of Bolivia and anyone else interested in unearthing the long roots of Latin American discontent that still justify much of the political struggle in the region today. * H-Net Reviews *