Engineering Nature : Water, Development, and 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Teisch, Jessica B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water resources development.
Mining engineering.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Technique miniere > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Histoire.
Technique miniere > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mining engineering > History.
Water resources development > History.
Mining engineering > United States > History.
Water resources development > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603513

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