ISBN:
0199717907
,
9780199717903
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 300 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Morris, Christopher (Christopher Charles) Big Muddy
DDC:
304.20977
Keywords:
Stream ecology History
;
Human ecology History
;
Human ecology
;
Stream ecology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
;
Ecology
;
History
;
Mississippi River Valley Environmental conditions
;
Mississippi River History
;
Mississippi River Valley History
;
Mississippi River Environmental conditions
;
Mississippi River
;
Mississippi River Valley
Abstract:
Valley of mud -- Knee Deep in water and snakes -- Rice -- The rise of New Orleans and the fall of Natchez -- Consolidation, transformation, conservation -- King Cotton meets Big Muddy -- The Cotton kingdom's edges made and Unmade -- Engineering the river of empire -- Drought, disease, and other symptoms of a pathological landscape -- Cotton, chemicals, catfish, crawfish -- Nature's return : hurricane Katrina and the future of the Big Muddy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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