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The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina / Christopher Morris.
Van Pelt Library GE155.M57 M67 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Christopher (Christopher Charles)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Human ecology.
- Stream ecology.
- Environmental conditions.
- Mississippi River--Environmental conditions.
- Mississippi River.
- Mississippi River Valley--Environmental conditions.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Stream ecology--Mississippi River--History.
- Human ecology--Mississippi River--History.
- Mississippi River--History.
- Mississippi River Valley--History.
- Mississippi River Region.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Valley of Mud
- Knee Deep in Water and Snakes
- Rice
- The Rise of New Orleans and the Fall of Natchez
- Consolidation, Transformation, Conservation
- King Cotton Meets Big Muddy
- The Cotton Kingdom's Edges Made and Unmade
- Engineering the River of Empire
- Symptoms of a Pathological Landscape
- Cotton, Chemicals, Catfish, Crawfish
- Nature's Return : Hurricane Katrina and the Future of the Big Muddy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195316916
- 9780195316919
- OCLC:
- 500794362
- Publisher Number:
- 99949841514
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