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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.
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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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