Engineering nature : water, development, & the global spread of American environmental expertise /

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Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environme...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Teisch, Jessica B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Water resources development > United States > History.
Mining engineering > United States > History.
Water resources development > History.
Mining engineering > History.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Technique minière > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Histoire.
Technique minière > Histoire.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Mining engineering
Water resources development
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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