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Author Anfinson, John O

Title The river we have wrought : a history of the upper Mississippi / John O. Anfinson
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Innumerable -- This splendid juggernaut -- The bounty of providence -- Making the Mississippi over again -- Highway of empire -- So nearly perfected by nature -- Cradle, home, and place of sojourn -- A marooned interior -- Straining at the chains -- An inland empire's need -- This noble river -- Epilogue : fourth river
Summary The River We Have Wrought is a landmark history of the upper Mississippi from early European exploration through the completion of a navigable channel and a system of locks and dams. John Anfinson examines how politics has shaped the landscapes of the Upper Midwest and how taming the Mississippi has affected economic sustainability, river ecology, and biological diversity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Human ecology -- Mississippi River
TRANSPORTATION -- General.
HISTORY -- Historical Geography.
Ecology
Human ecology
Navigation
SUBJECT Mississippi River -- History
Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions
Mississippi River -- Navigation -- History
Subject Mississippi River
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002011941
ISBN 9780816694105
0816694109