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Water in North American environmental history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melosi, Martin V., 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Series:Themes in environmental history
Subjects:
Water resources development > North America > History.
Hydraulic engineering > North America > History.
Environmental engineering > North America > History.
Water-supply > North America > History.
Human ecology > North America > History.
North America > Environmental conditions.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > AmeÌ?rique du Nord > Histoire.
Technologie hydraulique > AmeÌ?rique du Nord > Histoire.
Technique de l'environnement > AmeÌ?rique du Nord > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > AmeÌ?rique du Nord > Histoire.
AmeÌ?rique du Nord > Conditions environnementales.
HISTORY / General
Ecology.
Environmental engineering.
Human ecology.
Hydraulic engineering.
Water resources development.
Water-supply.
North America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Hohokam : the "canal builders" of the American Southwest
  • The Aztecs and the founding of Tenochtitlan
  • The Inuit, sea ice, and snow
  • Acequias and Spanish water law
  • The origins of commercial fishing in Newfoundland
  • From waterwheels to steam engines
  • The California gold rush : placer and hydraulic mining
  • Capricious border : the Rio Grande River
  • Philadelphia's waterworks : pioneering clean water for cities
  • Water rerouted : the Erie Canal
  • Building the Toronto waterfront
  • The lure of falling water : Niagara Falls
  • The Houston Ship Channel's environmental footprint
  • "Levees-only" in Louisiana and the Great Mississippi Flood
  • Salmon, hydropower, and the Fraser River
  • Racism and civil rights in American/Canadian swimming pools
  • Detergent phosphates in the Great Lakes
  • The fluoride controversy
  • Hurricane Hazel in southern Ontario
  • Mexico's Ixtoc 1 oil spill
  • The Ogallala Aquifer in decline
  • Water management and privatization in modern Mexico
  • The Flint water crisis
  • Maquiladoras and water pollution
  • To frack or not to frack in Mexico
  • Postscript: Climate and water.