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

Palumbi, Anthony R.
2023
TC556.P35 2023
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Title
At the Base of the Giant's Throat : The Past and Future of America's Great Dams.
Author
Palumbi, Anthony R.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781640125889
9781640124936
Published
Lincoln : Potomac Books, Incorporated, 2023.
Copyright
©2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (325 pages).
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TC556.P35 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
627.80973
Summary
Anthony R. Palumbi dives into the history of dam-building in the United States as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle.
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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
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Index.

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