Title Rivers by design : state power and the origins of U.S. flood control / Karen M. O'Neill.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	TC530 .O55 2006	Available	---

Description	xx, 278 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
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.
Subject	Flood control -- Government policy -- United States.
	Flood control -- Government policy.
	United States.
	Flood control.
	River engineering -- Government policy -- United States.
	River engineering.
	Government policy.
	River engineering -- Mississippi River.
	Mississippi River.
	Flood control -- California -- Sacramento River.
	California -- Sacramento River.
	River engineering -- California -- Sacramento River.
	Flood control -- Mississippi River.
	States' rights (American politics)
	States' rights (American politics)
ISBN	0822337738 paperback alkaline paper
	9780822337737 paperback alkaline paper
	0822337606 cloth alkaline paper
	9780822337607 cloth alkaline paper