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Structures in the Stream : Water, Science, and the Rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (American Studies Series) Todd Shallat
 As the Mississippi and other midwestern rivers inundated town after town during the summer of 1993, concerned and angry citizens questioned whether the very technologies and structures intended to "tame" the rivers did not, in fact, increase the severityof the floods. Much of the controversy swirled around the apparent culpability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the builder of many of the flood control systems that failed. In this book, Todd Shallat examines the turbulent first century of the dam and canal building Corps and follows the agency's rise from European antecedents through the boom years of river development after the American Civil War. Combining extensive research with a lively style, Shallat tells the story of monumental constructionand engineering fiascoes, public service and public corruption, and the rise of science and the army expert as agents of the state. More than an institutional history, Structures in the Stream offers significant insights into American......
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Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2002/2003 (Yearbook of International Co-Operation on Environment and Development) Olav Schram Stokke, Oystein B. Thommessen
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Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit Robert D. Manning
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Seven Figure Selling: Proven Secrets to Success from Top Sales Professionals Danielle Kennedy
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Multiple Measures: Accurate Ways to Assess Student Achievement Joan Ardovino, John Hollingsworth, Silvia Ybarra
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