Unruly Waters : A Social and Environmental History of the Brazos River /

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"Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Ecology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Texas > Brazos River Valley.
Texas > Brazos River.
Brazos, Vallee du (Tex.) > Conditions sociales.
Brazos, Vallee du (Tex.) > Conditions environnementales > Histoire.
Brazos (Tex. : Fleuve) > Histoire.
Brazos River Valley (Tex.) > Social conditions.
Brazos River Valley (Tex.) > Environmental conditions > History.
Brazos River (Tex.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Ecology and Geology along the Mighty Brazos River; 2: Culture, Continuity, and a Brazos River Reimagined; 3: Immigrants, Improvements, and Agricultural Ideals along the Lower Brazos River; 4: Locks, Dams, and a Hope for Navigation along the Middle Brazos River; 5: Big Dams and Big Dreams along the Upper Brazos River; 6: Importation and Diversion along a Still-Untamed Brazos; 7: A Defiant Brazos and the Persistence of Its People; Appendix A: Overview of Improvement Projects.
  • Appendix B: Geological TimelineNotes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

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