The river we have wrought : a history of the upper Mississippi

The river we have wrought : a history of the upper Mississippi /

The River We Have Wrought is a landmark history of the upper Mississippi from early European exploration through the completion of a navigable channel and a system of locks and dams. John Anfinson examines how politics has shaped the landscapes of the Upper Midwest and how taming the Mississippi has...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anfinson, John O.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Mississippi River.
Mississippi River > History.
Mississippi River > Environmental conditions.
Mississippi River > Navigation > History.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Innumerable
  • This splendid juggernaut
  • The bounty of providence
  • Making the Mississippi over again
  • Highway of empire
  • So nearly perfected by nature
  • Cradle, home, and place of sojourn
  • A marooned interior
  • Straining at the chains
  • An inland empire's need
  • This noble river
  • Epilogue : fourth river.

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