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Autore |
Palumbi Anthony R |
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Titolo |
At the Base of the Giant's Throat : The Past and Future of America's Great Dams |
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Qu_bec City : , : Potomac Books, Incorporated, , 2023 |
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©2023 |
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ISBN |
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9781640125889 |
9781640124936 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dams - United States - History |
History |
Electronic books. |
United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"At the Base of the Giant's Throat: The Past and Future of America's Great Dams dives into the history of dam-building in America, as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle"-- |
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