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an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina
Morris, Christopher (Christopher Charles)
xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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 -- Symptoms of a pathological landscape -- Cotton, chemicals, catfish, crawfish -- Nature's return : Hurricane Katrina and the future of the Big Muddy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780195316919 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0195316916 (hardcover : acid-free paper)