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Unruly waters [a social and...
"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"--
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monografia Rebiun18842356 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun18842356 m o d cr cn||||||||| 141117t20152015nmuab ob 001 0 eng|d 9780826355874 (hardback) 9780826355881 e-book) UPVA 997922351003706 UAM 991007724040504211 UPCT u427819 CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR BUC n-us-tx 976.4 23 Archer, Kenna Lang 1982-) author Unruly waters recurso electrónico] a social and environmental history of the Brazos River Kenna Lang Archer Social and environmental history of the Brazos River 1st ed Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press [2015] Albuquerque Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 1 online resource (290 pages) illustrations, maps 1 online resource (290 pages) E-Libro Includes bibliographical references and index "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"-- Provided by publisher Brazos River (Tex.)- History Brazos River Valley (Tex.)- Environmental conditions- History Brazos River Valley (Tex.)- Social conditions- History Libros electrónicos E-Libro (Servicio en línea) Print version Archer, Kenna Lang. Unruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2015] 9780826355874