Rivers by design : state power and the origins of U.S. flood control
By: Karen M. O'Neill.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Durham [N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: 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; State rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Infrastructure builds the state; title: The founding principles of river development; title: The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river; title: The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War; title: The Mississippi River : post-war reunification, post-war aid; title: The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers; title: The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development; title: Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers; title: The fully designed river; title: Flood control for all rivers; title: Rivers by design.