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020			_a9781479807475 _qebook _cNo price
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050		0	_aTC423.4 _b.K54 2016
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082	0	4	_a363.3493560977 _223
100	1		_aKlein, Christine A., _d1956- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMississippi River tragedies : _ba century of unnatural disaster / _cChristine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
336			_acartographic image _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aAmerican 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.
521			_aSpecialized.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 1, 2016).
650		0	_aFlood control _zMississippi River _xHistory.
650		0	_aFloods _zMississippi River Valley _xHistory.
650		0	_aHydraulic engineering _zMississippi River Valley _xHistory.
650		0	_aFloodplain management _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFlood damage prevention _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bCorps of Engineers _xHistory.
650		7	_aSociety. _2ukslc
650		7	_aUnited States of America, USA. _2thema
650		7	_aHistory. _2thema
650		7	_aHistory of the Americas. _2thema
650		7	_aSocial services & welfare, criminology. _2thema
650		7	_aConservation of the environment. _2thema
700	1		_aZellmer, Sandra Beth, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version : _z9781479825387
856	4	0	_3New York scholarship online _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479825387.001.0001
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