TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palumbi,Anthony R.
TI  - At the Base of the Giant's Throat: The Past and Future of America's Great Dams
SN  - 1640125884
AV  - TC556 
U1  - 627/.80973 23/eng/20230217
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Qu_bec City
PB  - Potomac Books, Incorporated
KW  - Dams
KW  - United States
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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