Rivers By Design - State Power and the Origins of U.s. Flood Control

Informationen zum Autor Karen M. O Neill Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Shows how today's massive U.S. flood control system reflects the program's origins as a nineteenth-century response to the demands of farmers and business elites in outlying territories Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables and Maps ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi I. Rivers and State Authority 1 1. Infrastructure Builds the State 3 2. The Founding Principles of River Development 13 II. Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign 27 3. The Mississippi River: Becoming the Nation’s River 31 4. The Mississippi River: Resentment Leading to Civil War 43 5. The Mississippi River: Postwar Reunification, Postwar Aid 56 6. The Sacramento River: Miners versus Farmers 68 7. The Sacramento River: Capitalists Unify for Development 80 III. Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest 97 8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers 99 9. The Fully Designed River 128 10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control 150 11. Rivers by Design 179 Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions 187 Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee 197 Notes 199 Bibliography 243 Index 265

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• Authors: Karen M. O'Neill, O'Neill, Karen M O'Neill, Karen M. O'Neill, Karen M. O''neill
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2006
• EAN: 9780822337607
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3760-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Umweltschutz, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung)