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020    0393242358|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)988276247 
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050 14 E179|b.D693 2018 
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100 1  Doyle, Martin,|d1973-|eauthor. 
245 14 The source :|bhow rivers made America and America remade 
       its rivers /|cMartin Doyle. 
246 30 How rivers made America and America remade its rivers 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    349 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part one: Federalism. Navigating the republic ; Life on 
       the Mississippi ; The rise of the levees ; Flood control -
       - Part two: Sovereignty and property. Water wars ; A new 
       water market -- Part three: Taxation. Running water ; 
       Burning rivers -- Part four: Regulation. Regulating power 
       ; The power of a river -- Part five: Conservation. 
       Channelization ; The restoration economy. 
520    A history of the role of rivers in shaping American 
       politics, economics, and society draws on experts from 
       diverse backgrounds to explore how the natural and human 
       transformations of rivers have made a significant impact 
       on the nation. 
520    "America has more than 250,000 rivers, coursing over more 
       than 3 million miles, connecting the disparate regions of 
       the United States. On a map they can look like the veins, 
       arteries, and capillaries of a continent-wide circulatory 
       system, and in a way they are. Over the course of this 
       nation's history rivers have served as integral trade 
       routes, borders, passageways, sewers, and sinks. Over the 
       years, based on our shifting needs and values, we have 
       harnessed their power with waterwheels and dams, 
       straightened them for ships, drained them with irrigation 
       canals, set them on fire, and even attempted to restore 
       them. In this fresh and powerful work of environmental 
       history, Martin Doyle tells the epic story of America and 
       its rivers, from the U.S. Constitution's roots in 
       interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps
       of Engineers, the discovery of gold in 1848, and the 
       construction of the Hoover Dam and the TVA during the New 
       Deal, to the failure of the levees in Hurricane Katrina 
       and the water wars in the west. Along the way, he explores
       how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the 
       heart of the American experiment--over federalism, 
       sovereignty and property rights, taxation, regulation, 
       conservation, and development. Through his encounters with
       experts all over the country--a Mississippi River tugboat 
       captain, an Erie Canal lock operator, a dendrochronologist
       who can predict the future based on the story trees tell 
       about the past, a western rancher fighting for water 
       rights--Doyle reveals the central role rivers have played 
       in American history--and how vital they are to its 
       future."--Jacket. 
650  0 Rivers|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Water resources development|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Floodplain management|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Water conservation|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Stream ecology|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Human ecology|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  4 Water conservation|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  4 Water resources development|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  4 Rivers|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 HISTORY|xUnited States.|2bisacsh 
650  7 NATURE|xEcosystems & Habitats|xRivers.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xAmerican Government.|2bisacsh 
650  7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xCivil|xDams & Reservoirs.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 Floodplain management.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00927547 
650  7 Human ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00962941 
650  7 Rivers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01098312 
650  7 Stream ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01134567 
650  7 Water conservation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01171608 
650  7 Water resources development.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01171955 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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