In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers

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In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers is written by Mark Carey and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199779848 (ISBN 10) and 9780199779840 (ISBN 13).

Global climate change has triggered profound changes at the ground level and for real people. This book illustrates in vivid detail how 25,000 Peruvian residents died from melting Andean glaciers. Successful engineering efforts to prevent additional catastrophes simultaneously helped commodify glaciers, erode local authority, and unleash contested modernization agendas in the Andes.