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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.

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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650 7 |a States' rights (American politics)  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01716031 
650 7 |a River engineering.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01098284 
650 7 |a Flood control  |x Government policy.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00927456 
650 7 |a Flood control.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00927443 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |z United States  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING  |x Civil  |x Flood Control.  |2 bisacsh 
650 6 |a Inondations  |x Maîtrise  |z Mississippi (Fleuve) 
650 6 |a Technologie fluviale  |z Californie  |z Sacramento (Riviere) 
650 6 |a Inondations  |x Maîtrise  |z Californie  |z Sacramento (Riviere) 
650 6 |a Technologie fluviale  |z Mississippi (Fleuve) 
650 6 |a Technologie fluviale  |x Politique gouvernementale  |z États-Unis. 
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650 0 |a Flood control  |z Mississippi River. 
650 0 |a River engineering  |z California  |z Sacramento River. 
650 0 |a Flood control  |z California  |z Sacramento River. 
650 0 |a River engineering  |z Mississippi River. 
650 0 |a River engineering  |x Government policy  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Flood control  |x Government policy  |z United States. 
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651 7 |a Mississippi River.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01240238 
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