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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Manganiello, Christopher J., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Water resources development > Social aspects.
River engineering.
Economic history.
Dams > Design and construction.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Aspect social > États-Unis (Sud)
Technologie fluviale > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Barrages > États-Unis (Sud) > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Sud)
Agricultural Economics.
Business & Economics.
Water resources development > Social aspects > Southern States.
River engineering > Southern States > History.
Dams > Southern States > Design and construction > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Southern States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions economiques.
Southern States > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781469623306

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