Jacques Leslie: 3 books
Deep Water
The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
"If the wars of the last century were fought over oil, the wars of this century will be fought over water." -Ismail Serageldin, The World Bank
The giant dams of today are the modern Pyramids, colossally expensive edifices that generate monumental amounts of electricity, irrigated...
by Jacques Leslie
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Poised atop the high Himalayas is a frightening daisy chain of fragile glacial lakes, all produced by glacial melting as a result of climate change. When the lakes burst, the torrents of water sweep entire populations in their wake. In A Deluge of Consequences, intrepid journalist Jacques Leslie takes...
Entre savoir et démocratie. Les luttes de l'Union nationale des Étudiants haïtiens sous le gouvernement de François Duvalier
Les luttes de l'Union nationale des Étudiants haïtiens sous le gouvernement de François Duvalier
Language: French
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Ce collectif rassemble des témoignages sur la plus longue grève qu'à connue Haïti. Enquêtes, photos, documents d'archives, pamphlets restituent cette mémoire. Acteurs et témoins évoquent la résistance à l'horreur et l'urgence d'une société fondée sur le respect des droits humains. Entre...