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

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A sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Neill, Karen M., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006.
Colección:E-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Flood control > Government policy > United States.
River engineering > Government policy > United States.
River engineering > Mississippi River.
Flood control > California > Sacramento River.
River engineering > California > Sacramento River.
Flood control > Mississippi River.
States' rights (American politics)
Inondations > Maîtrise > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Technologie fluviale > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Technologie fluviale > Mississippi (Fleuve)
Inondations > Maîtrise > Californie > Sacramento (Rivière)
Technologie fluviale > Californie > Sacramento (Rivière)
Inondations > Maîtrise > Mississippi (Fleuve)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Flood control
Flood control > Government policy
River engineering
California > Sacramento River
Mississippi River
United States
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