Rivers by Design
State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2006
304 pages
978-0-8223-8786-2 (ISBN)
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A sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa
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Karen M. O'Neill is Assistant Professor of Human Ecology and an associate member of the Graduate Program in Sociology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Content
Tables and Maps ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
I. Rivers and State Authority 1
1. Infrastructure Builds the State 3
2. The Founding Principles of River Development 13
II. Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign 27
3. The Mississippi River: Becoming the Nation's River 31
4. The Mississippi River: Resentment Leading to Civil War 43
5. The Mississippi River: Postwar Reunification, Postwar Aid 56
6. The Sacramento River: Miners versus Farmers 68
7. The Sacramento River: Capitalists Unify for Development 80
III. Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest 97
8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers 99
9. The Fully Designed River 128
10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control 150
11. Rivers by Design 179
Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions 187
Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee 197
Notes 199
Bibliography 243
Index 265
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
I. Rivers and State Authority 1
1. Infrastructure Builds the State 3
2. The Founding Principles of River Development 13
II. Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign 27
3. The Mississippi River: Becoming the Nation's River 31
4. The Mississippi River: Resentment Leading to Civil War 43
5. The Mississippi River: Postwar Reunification, Postwar Aid 56
6. The Sacramento River: Miners versus Farmers 68
7. The Sacramento River: Capitalists Unify for Development 80
III. Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest 97
8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers 99
9. The Fully Designed River 128
10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control 150
11. Rivers by Design 179
Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions 187
Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee 197
Notes 199
Bibliography 243
Index 265
