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At the Base of the Giant's Throat [electronic resource] : The Past and Future of America's Great Dams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Qu_bec City : Potomac Books, Incorporated, 2023.Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)ISBN:
  • 1640125884
  • 9781640125889
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: At the Base of the Giant's ThroatDDC classification:
  • 627/.80973 23/eng/20230217
LOC classification:
  • TC556
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 082, 650

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