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Racialization and Environmental Politics

Infrastructure and Authoritarianism in the Land of Waters: A Genealogy of Flood Control in Guyana

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Pages 502-510 | Received 01 Dec 2017, Accepted 01 Jun 2018, Published online: 17 Jan 2019

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