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000774407 1001_ $$aArcher, Kenna Lang,$$d1982-$$eauthor.
000774407 24510 $$aUnruly waters :$$ba social and environmental history of the Brazos River /$$cKenna Lang Archer.
000774407 24630 $$aSocial and environmental history of the Brazos River
000774407 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000774407 264_1 $$aAlbuquerque :$$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$$c[2015]
000774407 264_4 $$c©2015
000774407 300__ $$a1 online resource (290 pages) :$$billustrations, maps
000774407 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
000774407 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia
000774407 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier
000774407 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000774407 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000774407 520__ $$a"Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation's rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000774407 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
000774407 651_0 $$aBrazos River (Tex.)$$xHistory.
000774407 651_0 $$aBrazos River Valley (Tex.)$$xEnvironmental conditions$$xHistory.
000774407 651_0 $$aBrazos River Valley (Tex.)$$xSocial conditions$$xHistory.
000774407 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aArcher, Kenna Lang.$$tUnruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River.$$dAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2015]$$z9780826355874
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