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Water and Power in Highland Peru: The Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development by Paul H. Gelles Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-8135-2807-0 / 0813528070 ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-2807-6 / 9780813528076 Cabanaconde, a town of 5,000 people, is located in the arid Andean highlands. It is dominated by the foreboding Hualca Hualca mountain peak that is the source of this town’s much-needed water. How the villagers obtain this water, Paul Gelles writes, is not a simple process: the politics of irrigati |