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At the Base of the Giant's Throat : The Past and Future of America's Great Dams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palumbi, Anthony R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dams--United States--History.
- Dams.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Qu_bec City : Potomac Books, Incorporated, 2023.
- Summary:
- "At the Base of the Giant's Throat: The Past and Future of America's Great Dams dives into the history of dam-building in America, as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Rivers Wild
- 2. Brick by Brick
- 3. The Drowned Empire
- 4. A Towering Height
- 5. Approaching the Spillway
- 6. Great, Still Mass
- 7. The Breakdown
- 8. The War Economy
- 9. Inundation
- 10. Desiccation
- 11. No Promises
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Palumbi, Anthony R. At the Base of the Giant's Throat
- ISBN:
- 9781640125889
- OCLC:
- 1369512811
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