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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony R. PalumbiPublisher: Potomac Books Inc Imprint: Potomac Books Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9781640124936ISBN 10: 1640124934 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 01 April 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Rivers Wild 2. Brick by Brick 3. The Drowned Empire 4. A Towering Height 5. Approaching the Spillway 6. Great, Still Mass 7. The Breakdown 8. The War Economy 9. Inundation 10. Desiccation 11. No Promises Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsIn this titillating history of American water infrastructure, Anthony Palumbi adroitly plumbs the personal and political. From Europeans' first forays upstream into North America through the dam-building boom, Hurricane Katrina, and today's megadrought, he shows how much water infrastructure was directed not by nature or the common good but to wag the dog for political power and profits. A backlash toward disinvestment, now amplified by climate change, is causing mounting disasters, and Palumbi calls for a new era of public investment to wrest the United States onto a more equitable, sustainable path. --Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge """Mr. Palumbi's book is a work of great scope.""--Wall Street Journal-- (5/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""In this titillating history of American water infrastructure, Anthony Palumbi adroitly plumbs the personal and political. From Europeans' first forays upstream into North America through the dam-building boom, Hurricane Katrina, and today's megadrought, he shows how much water infrastructure was directed not by nature or the common good but to wag the dog for political power and profits. A backlash toward disinvestment, now amplified by climate change, is causing mounting disasters, and Palumbi calls for a new era of public investment to wrest the United States onto a more equitable, sustainable path.""--Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge" Author InformationAnthony R. Palumbi is the coauthor of The Extreme Life of the Sea and the author of Blood Plagues and Endless Raids: A Hundred Million Lives in the World of Warcraft. His work on natural science and popular culture has appeared in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Natural History, Mission Blue, and Think Progress, among other outlets. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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