{"product_id":"rivers-by-design-9780822337737","title":"Rivers by Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the emergence of the mammoth US flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. This book shows how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and business elite in outlying territories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bold in its interpretation, sweeping in its scope, and judicious in its style, \u003ci\u003eRivers by Design \u003c\/i\u003eargues convincingly that federal flood control policy, which culminated in the Flood Control Act of 1936, ended comprehensive resource planning at the federal level. This is an exciting and original study.”—Donald J. Pisani, author of \u003ci\u003eWater and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902–1935\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Karen M. O’Neill has produced a tour de force—a carefully researched and clearly written analysis of the tangled emergence of the U.S. flood-control system. Her powerful wake-up call to us all is how the federal government, through the Army Corps of Engineers, reengineered the nation’s rivers to promote local economic development at the expense of—rather than with a sensitivity to—environmental values.”—Norris Hundley Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Thirst: Californians and Water–A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Masterfully weaving historical details, Karen M. O’Neill traces the unanticipated expansion of the federal government’s role in ‘controlling’ the Mississippi and Sacramento rivers. In this era of rising hurricane-induced floodwaters, she offers deep insight into the tensions between local and national agencies, and between the state and private interests.”—Allan Schnaiberg, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eUrban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables and Maps ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xxi\u003cbr\u003e I. Rivers and State Authority 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Infrastructure Builds the State 3\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Founding Principles of River Development 13\u003cbr\u003e II. Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign 27\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Mississippi River: \u003ci\u003eBecoming the Nation’s River\u003c\/i\u003e 31\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Mississippi River: \u003ci\u003eResentment Leading to Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Mississippi River: \u003ci\u003ePostwar Reunification, Postwar Aid\u003c\/i\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Sacramento River: \u003ci\u003eMiners versus Farmers\u003c\/i\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Sacramento River: \u003ci\u003eCapitalists Unify for Development\u003c\/i\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e III. Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest 97\u003cbr\u003e 8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers 99\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Fully Designed River 128\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control 150\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rivers by Design 179\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions 187\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee 197\u003cbr\u003e Notes 199\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 243\u003cbr\u003e Index 265","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406042046807,"sku":"9780822337737","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822337737.jpg?v=1730494343","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rivers-by-design-9780822337737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}