River republic : the fall and rise of America's rivers
Record details
- ISBN: 9780231161305 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0231161301 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780231504416 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0231504411 (ebook)
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 388 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Green River / William Cullen Bryant -- Map : Selected sites -- pt. 1. The fall -- Crumbling edifice: The disjuncture ; Instigators ; The glen -- Water hubris -- Planters, sawyers, and snags : the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: "Building strong ; Not just peanuts ; Rusting rebar ; The big boo-boo ; Under siege ; The invitation -- The manless land : the bureau of reclamation: Watery science ; The inland empire and the fifty princesses ; Dinosaur ; Dominy ; Sugar city ; Turning the corner ; Blueprint for reform ; The pendulum and the rogue ; Water ; Heritage of conflict -- pt. 2. Dismemberment -- Handout horticulture : farming and the Feds: The argo-industrial complex ; Fish traps ; Dying 4 water ; Crops, capitalism, and context -- Falling waters : hydropower and renewable energy: Smolts and volts ; The scenic and the sacred ; Bucket of ashes -- Rivers into waterways : barging, locks, and dams: Tallstacks ; Cooking the data ; Dinner buckets and party barges ; A national duty -- Black water rising : the myth of flood control: The storm of Good Friday ; Galloway ; House-a-fire ; Coon-ass ; The house of death floats by -- Downstream dilemma : water pollution: Toxics run through it ; Song of the Chattahoochee ; Too many federal toilets, not enough senators ; Superfund river ; Pure river of water of life -- pt. 3. Resurrection -- River city : urban riverscapes: Belle Isle ; River of the angels ; River of democracy and the Emerald Necklace ; A great multitude of fish ; The pleasantness of the river -- Net losses : habitat and endangered species: Alphabet gumbo ; God bless America ; Ten thousand years of fishing ; A foot deep with fish ; The other side of the river ; Show me the money -- Playground on the move : river recreation: Moving-water recreation ; Agents of change ; Lunkers and extreme instant shade ; Water warriors -- The river commons: Kitty Clyde's sister ; Black-side up ; The Katrina syndrome ; Amenity rivers ; Instigators redux ; Lotic dreams. |
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Subject: | Rivers Environmental aspects United States History Water Pollution United States History Stream restoration United States Stream conservation United States |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | GB 1215 .M33 2012 | 30775305499692 | General Collection | Available | - |