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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Karen M., 1959-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control--Government policy--United States.

Flood control.

River engineering--Government policy--United States.

River engineering.

River engineering--Mississippi River.

Flood control--California--Sacramento River.

River engineering--California--Sacramento River.

Flood control--Mississippi River.

States' rights (American politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780822387862

0822387867

OCLC:

226068252