Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Watershed DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Watershed DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Yazoo River
Author: Frank E. SmithPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878053551
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
An immensely pleasurable book that unlocks the door to one of the most unusual and diverse regions in the United States, the culturally rich Delta flatland embraced by two rivers, the Mississippi and the Yazoo
The Mississippi
Author: Quinta ScottPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826218407
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"A photographic documentation of the Mississippi River, illustrating the geographical and botanical features of the river and its wetlands. Using 200 color photographs and accompanying vignettes, Scott explains how we have changed each site depicted, howwe try to manage and restore it, and the wildlife that occupies it"--Provided by publisher.
Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley
Author: Charles H. McNuttPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817308075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Experts throughout the Central Mississippi Valley present current views of the regional cultural sequences supported by data concerning recent surveys and excavations.
Mississippi Floods
Author: Anuradha MathurPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300084307
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"Each time the waters of the mighty Mississippi River overflow their banks, questions arise anew about the battle between "man" and "river". How can we prevent floods and the damage they inflict while maintaining navigational potential and protecting the river's ecology?" "The design of the Mississippi and how it should proceed has long been a subject of controversy. What is missing from the discussion, say the authors of this book, is an understanding of the representations of the Mississippi River. Landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and architect/planner Dilip da Cunha draw together an array of perspectives on the river and show how these different images have played a role in the process of designing and containing the river landscape. Analyzing maps, hydrographs, working models, drawings, photographs, government and media reports, painting, and even folklore, Mathur and da Cunha consider what these representations of the river portray, what they leave out, and why that might be. With original silk screen prints and a selection of maps, the book joins historic, scientific, engineering, and natural views of the river to create an entirely new portrait of the great Mississippi."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Yazoo-Mississippi River Basin Study Mississippi
Author: United States. Soil Conservation ServicePublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Mississippi River Tragedies
Author: Christine A. KleinPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479825387
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Read a free excerpt here! 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 despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. 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. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Forgotten Time
Author: John C. WillisPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813919713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Examining the lives of individuals - freedmen, planters, and merchants - Willis explores the reciprocal interests of former slaves and former slaveholders. He shows how, in a cruel irony replicated in other areas of the South, the backbreaking work that African Americans did to clear, settle, and farm the land away from the river made the land ultimately too valuable for them to retain.
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