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Rivers by design : state power and the origins of U.S. flood control /
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.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Durham, NC :
Duke University Press,
2006.
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| Collection: | E-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Infrastructure builds the state
- The founding principles of river development
- The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river
- The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War
- The Mississippi River : postwar reunification, postwar aid
- The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers
- The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development
- Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers
- The fully designed river
- A nationwide program for flood control
- Rivers by design
- Mississippi Valley river improvement conventions
- Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee.