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Record Nr.

UNINA9910915675703321

Autore

Palumbi Anthony R

Titolo

At the Base of the Giant's Throat : The Past and Future of America's Great Dams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Qu_bec City : , : Potomac Books, Incorporated, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

9781640125889

9781640124936

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 pages)

Classificazione

HIS036000TEC010030

Disciplina

627/.80973

Soggetti

Dams - United States - History

History

Electronic books.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--