Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
- ISBN-10
- 0822337738
- ISBN-13
- 9780822337737
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-03
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- Karen M. O'Neill
Description
DIVA 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/div
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