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Author O'Neill, Karen M., 1959- author.

Title Rivers by design : state power and the origins of U.S. flood control / Karen M. O'Neill
Published Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 278 pages) : maps
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index
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Subject Flood control -- Government policy -- United States
River engineering -- Government policy -- United States
River engineering -- Mississippi River
Flood control -- California -- Sacramento River
River engineering -- California -- Sacramento River
Flood control -- Mississippi River
States' rights (American politics)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Flood Control.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Flood control
Flood control -- Government policy
River engineering
States' rights (American politics)
Flussbau
Hochwasserschutz
California -- Sacramento River
Mississippi River
United States
Sacramento River
Mississippi Fluss
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005033598
ISBN 9780822387862
0822387867