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Engineering nature : water, development, & the global spread of American environmental expertise /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. Teisch argues that by examining the successes and failures of various projects as American influence spread, we can see the complex role of globalization at work, often with incredibly disproportionate results. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807878019 0807878014 9781469603513 1469603519 |