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Southern water, Southern power : how the politics of cheap energy and water scarcity shaped a region /
Why has the American South become embroiled in intrastate wars over water? Why did unpredictable flooding come to characterize southern waterways, and how did the region become derailed by drought and regional squabbling? To answer these questions, Christopher J. Manganiello moves beyond the well-kn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why has the American South become embroiled in intrastate wars over water? Why did unpredictable flooding come to characterize southern waterways, and how did the region become derailed by drought and regional squabbling? To answer these questions, Christopher J. Manganiello moves beyond the well-known accounts of flooding in the Mississippi Valley and irrigation in the West to reveal the contested history of southern water. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469623306 1469623307 1469620057 9781469620053 1469620065 9781469620060 1469636026 9781469636023 |