Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics
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The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams' baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate. Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major water-storage structures were erected in four...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0806137959
ISBN13:9780806137957
Release Date:December 2006
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.4" x 10.1"
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