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050		4	_aF392.B842 _bA75 2015
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100	1		_aArcher, Kenna Lang, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aUnruly waters : _ba social and environmental history of the Brazos River / _cKenna Lang Archer.
246	3	0	_aSocial and environmental history of the Brazos River
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aAlbuquerque : _bUniversity of New Mexico Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c2015
300			_a1 online resource (290 pages) : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
651		0	_aBrazos River (Tex.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aBrazos River Valley (Tex.) _xEnvironmental conditions _xHistory.
651		0	_aBrazos River Valley (Tex.) _xSocial conditions _xHistory.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aArcher, Kenna Lang. _tUnruly waters : a social and environmental history of the Brazos River. _dAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2015] _z9780826355874
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1865281 _zClick to View
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