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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| 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"-- |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvQT9JwvrDrRfhy7xpgKd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014071498 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 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file "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"-- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Ecology and Geology along the Mighty Brazos River; 2: Culture, Continuity, and a Brazos River Reimagined; 3: Immigrants, Improvements, and Agricultural Ideals along the Lower Brazos River; 4: Locks, Dams, and a Hope for Navigation along the Middle Brazos River; 5: Big Dams and Big Dreams along the Upper Brazos River; 6: Importation and Diversion along a Still-Untamed Brazos; 7: A Defiant Brazos and the Persistence of Its People; Appendix A: Overview of Improvement Projects. Appendix B: Geological TimelineNotes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. English. Brazos River (Tex.) History. Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Environmental conditions History. Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Social conditions. Brazos (Tex. : Fleuve) Histoire. Brazos, Vallée du (Tex.) Conditions environnementales Histoire. Brazos, Vallée du (Tex.) Conditions sociales. HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) bisacsh HISTORY United States State & Local General. bisacsh Ecology fast Social conditions fast Texas Brazos River fast Texas Brazos River Valley fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxhjPVRH88JBQFm9CWCcP History fast has work: Unruly waters (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFFXtxkWkHr7BJHM6tj6cd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982- Unruly waters. First edition 9780826355874 (DLC) 2014031881 (OCoLC)896126631 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=910233 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982- Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Ecology and Geology along the Mighty Brazos River; 2: Culture, Continuity, and a Brazos River Reimagined; 3: Immigrants, Improvements, and Agricultural Ideals along the Lower Brazos River; 4: Locks, Dams, and a Hope for Navigation along the Middle Brazos River; 5: Big Dams and Big Dreams along the Upper Brazos River; 6: Importation and Diversion along a Still-Untamed Brazos; 7: A Defiant Brazos and the Persistence of Its People; Appendix A: Overview of Improvement Projects. Appendix B: Geological TimelineNotes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) bisacsh HISTORY United States State & Local General. bisacsh Ecology fast Social conditions fast |
| title | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / |
| title_alt | Social and environmental history of the Brazos River |
| title_auth | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / |
| title_exact_search | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / |
| title_full | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / Kenna Lang Archer. |
| title_fullStr | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / Kenna Lang Archer. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / Kenna Lang Archer. |
| title_short | Unruly waters : |
| title_sort | unruly waters a social and environmental history of the brazos river |
| title_sub | a social and environmental history of the Brazos River / |
| topic | HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) bisacsh HISTORY United States State & Local General. bisacsh Ecology fast Social conditions fast |
| topic_facet | Brazos River (Tex.) History. Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Environmental conditions History. Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Social conditions. Brazos (Tex. : Fleuve) Histoire. Brazos, Vallée du (Tex.) Conditions environnementales Histoire. Brazos, Vallée du (Tex.) Conditions sociales. HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY United States State & Local General. Ecology Social conditions Texas Brazos River Texas Brazos River Valley History |
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