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The River Dragon Has Come! by ISBN: 9780765602053Publication Date: 1998-04-30
Building the Three Gorges Dam by ISBN: 9781410939920Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Three Gorges Dam Links
- China's Three Gorges DamCNN - Article from class
- Up the YangtzePBS, October 8, 2008. Good for all perspectives.
- Exploring Chinese History: Special Report: The Three Gorges Dam ProjectA resource suggested in the book, Building the Three Gorges Dam. A comprehensive look at all aspects of the Project. Updated in 2011. Good for all perspectives.
- Building the Three Gorges DamGlobal Construction, March 16, 2017. Good for all perspectives.
- Three Gorges DamBasic information on the dam from the Yangtze River Cruise.
- Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human CostsNew York Times, November 19, 2007. Good for all perspectives.
- Chinese Government Acknowledges Problems of Three Gorges DamInternational Rivers, May 19, 2011. Great for all perspectives.
- The Three Gorges Dam ProjectMount Holyoke College Project, December 2005. Good for all perspectives.
- Another Mount Holyoke ProjectGood for all perspectives. 2008
- Three Gorges Dam FactSheetInternational Rivers, Updated February 2012. Good for economist and environmentalist perspectives.
- Three Gorges History Drowning in Rising ReservoirNPR Article: January 4, 2008. Great Resource for an anthropologist perspective.
- Three Gorges dam causes downstream erosion: studyReuters, May 21, 2007. Good for environmentalist perspective.
- Three Gorges Dam triggers frequent seismic activitiesProbe International, April 7, 2014. Good for environmentalist perspective.
- Three Gorges Dam tipped scales on river waste dump problemProbe International, March 1, 2013. Good for environmentalist perspective.
- China says Three Gorges Dam cost $37 billionReuters, September 14, 2009 Good for economist perspective.
- Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - againReuters, August 22, 2012. Good for Sociologist perspective.