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Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control Book

Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control
Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control, The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. <i>Rivers by Design</i> traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which, Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control has a rating of 3 stars
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Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control, The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which, Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control
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  • Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U. S. Flood Control
  • Written by author Karen M. ONeill
  • Published by Duke University Press, January 2006
  • The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which
  • 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
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Ch. 1Infrastructure builds the state3
Ch. 2The founding principles of river development13
Ch. 3The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river31
Ch. 4The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War43
Ch. 5The Mississippi River : postwar reunification, postwar aid56
Ch. 6The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers68
Ch. 7The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development80
Ch. 8Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers99
Ch. 9The fully designed river128
Ch. 10A nationwide program for flood control150
Ch. 11Rivers by design179
App. 1Mississippi Valley River improvement conventions187
App. 2Mississippi River Levee Association, executive committee197


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