At the Base of the Giant's Throat The Past and Future of America's Great Dams.
Palumbi, Anthony R., 1984-
At the Base of the Giant's Throat The Past and Future of America's Great Dams. [electronic resource] : - Qu_bec City : Potomac Books, Incorporated, 2023. - 1 online resource (325 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Anthony R. Palumbi dives into the history of dam-building in the United States as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle.
1640125884 9781640125889
Dams--History.--United States
TC556
627/.80973
At the Base of the Giant's Throat The Past and Future of America's Great Dams. [electronic resource] : - Qu_bec City : Potomac Books, Incorporated, 2023. - 1 online resource (325 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Anthony R. Palumbi dives into the history of dam-building in the United States as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle.
1640125884 9781640125889
Dams--History.--United States
TC556
627/.80973