Unruly waters: a social and environmental history of the Brazos River
"Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeate...
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
[2015]
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation's rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Description based on print version record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (290 pages) illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9780826355881 |
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| spelling | Archer, Kenna Lang 1982- aut Unruly waters a social and environmental history of the Brazos River Kenna Lang Archer Social and environmental history of the Brazos River First edition Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press [2015] © 2015 1 online resource (290 pages) illustrations, maps txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on print version record "Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation's rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology"-- Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Archer, Kenna Lang Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2015] 9780826355874 |
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