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Rivers by design : state power and the origins of U.S. flood control /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wetmore CollectionPublication details: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press 2006Description: xx, 278 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0822337606 (cloth : acidfree paper)
  • 0822337738 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/9360973 22
LOC classification:
  • TC530 .O55 2006
Other classification:
  • S FLOD.010.b.e.c.02 ONeK 2006 ASFPM
Online resources:
Contents:
Infrastructure builds the state -- The founding principles of river development -- The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river -- The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War -- The Mississippi River : post-war reunification, post-war aid -- The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers -- The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development -- Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers -- The fully designed river -- Flood control for all rivers -- Rivers by design.
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Books Books ASFPM Library S FLOD.010.b.e.c.02 ONeK 2006 ASFPM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000654
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-263) and index.

Infrastructure builds the state -- The founding principles of river development -- The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river -- The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War -- The Mississippi River : post-war reunification, post-war aid -- The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers -- The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development -- Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers -- The fully designed river -- Flood control for all rivers -- Rivers by design.

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