TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klein,Christine A.
AU  - Zellmer,Sandra Beth
TI  - Mississippi River tragedies: a century of unnatural disaster 
SN  - 9781479807475
AV  - TC423.4 .K54 2016
U1  - 363.3493560977 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Corps of Engineers
KW  - History
KW  - Flood control
KW  - Mississippi River
KW  - Floods
KW  - Mississippi River Valley
KW  - Hydraulic engineering
KW  - Floodplain management
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Flood damage prevention
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - thema
KW  - History of the Americas
KW  - Social services & welfare, criminology
KW  - Conservation of the environment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But so-called 'natural disasters' continue to strike the Mississippi basin. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. This book reveals that it is seductively deceptive - but horribly misleading - to call such catastrophes 'natural.' Klein and Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479825387.001.0001
ER  -