The Source

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How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today.In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the U.S Constitution s roots in interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps of Engineers, the discovery of gold in 1848, and the construction of the Hoover Dam and the TVA during the New Deal, to the failure of the levees in Hurricane Katrina And through encounters with experts all over the country a Mississippi River tugboat captain, an Erie Canal lock operator, a western rancher fighting for water rights Doyle reveals how we ve dammed, raised, rerouted, channelized, and even re meandered our rivers. New Read The Source [ Author ] Martin Doyle [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I was fascinated again and again when reading this book I would have gladly read a book length treatment of the topic of nearly any chapter, whether it would be shipping on the Mississippi, the vastly complicated Chicago sewage system, what went wrong in New Orleans during Katrina, mills and dams on eastern fall lines, municipal bonds not a side topic , channelization, divvying up the water of the Colorado River, and .What I appreciate about Doyle is that, although our views of water usag I was fascinated again and again when reading this book I would have gladly read a book length treatment of the topic of nearly any chapter, whether it would be shipping on the Mississippi, the vastly complicated Chicago sewage system, what went wrong in New Orleans during Katrina, mills and dams on eastern fall lines, mun...The Source is a well written book It details the history of rivers and water in this country It explains how the water we use for everyday use evolved.The Source How rivers made America and America remade its rivers, by Martin Doyle Norton, 2018 An eye opening, very provocative book Doyle interprets most of American history as revolving around water who owns the rivers, what are they used for, how did they affect the growth of the country, how did they affect the entire conception of American government, how we are slowly beginning to clean them and restructure them though this was written before Scott Pruitt s EPA began dismantling s The Source How rivers made America and America remade its rivers, by ...A great book, covering the economics, politics, and policies of America s rivers From flood control to power production, water rights to environmental regulations, this book covers all the various issues related to our streams and rivers Not just a look at the current issues, the book takes a deep dive into the history of America s internal waterways, showing how the projects and uses we take for granted today started and evolved The book makes the ca...This is not a romantic trip through beautiful American rivers It s all business, and tells stories that aren t often told about how rivers shaped our history In that way it was quite interesting The things I ll remember are how much of our current legal approach to private property was formed by efforts to control or own the land under rivers and the water that flowed through rivers It does go pretty deep into public finance in some areas because water infrastructure requires so much investm This is not a romantic trip through beautiful American rivers It s all business, and tells stories that aren t often told about how rivers shaped our history In that way it was quite interesti...Though different in its focus, this book reminds me of Simon Winchester s excellent work The Men Who United the States in that it weaves seemingly disparate threads into an insightful, entertaining and well written work about the develo...It was fact filled amusing if you like books about why the world works the way it does, who knew that the economic model for our utility companies was based on grist mills from long ago

The Source
  • 08 September 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 0393242358
  • Martin Doyle
  • The Source