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008 120127s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2012003182
020 _a9780195316919 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
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100 1 _aMorris, Christopher
_q(Christopher Charles)
245 1 4 _aThe Big Muddy :
_ban environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina /
_cChristopher Morris.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2012.
300 _axii, 300 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aValley 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 -- Drought, disease, and other symptoms of a pathological landscape -- Cotton, chemicals, catfish, crawfish -- Nature's return : hurricane Katrina and the future of the Big Muddy.
651 0 _aMississippi River
_xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 _aMississippi River Valley
_xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 _aStream ecology
_zMississippi River
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_zMississippi River
_xHistory.
651 0 _aMississippi River
_xHistory.
651 0 _aMississippi River Valley
_xHistory.
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949 _aGE155 .M57 M67 2012
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