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A sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: O'Neill, Karen M., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
States' rights (American politics)
River engineering.
Flood control > Government policy.
Flood control.
HISTORY > United States > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Mississippi (Fleuve)
Technologie fluviale > Californie > Sacramento (Riviere)
Inondations > Maîtrise > Californie > Sacramento (Riviere)
Technologie fluviale > Mississippi (Fleuve)
Technologie fluviale > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Flood control > Mississippi River.
River engineering > California > Sacramento River.
Flood control > California > Sacramento River.
River engineering > Mississippi River.
River engineering > Government policy > United States.
Flood control > Government policy > United States.
United States.
Mississippi River.
California > Sacramento River.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages): maps
ISBN:9780822387862

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