Water in North American environmental history
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書誌事項
Water in North American environmental history
(Themes in environmental history)
Routledge, 2022
- : hbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
* Water is a growing area of interest and a central topic of environmental history
* Martin Melosi is an internationally recognized scholar of environmental history
* Covers regions of Canada, US and Mexico
* Broad topical scope within Water history
* Uses case studies to provide real world examples
* Will appeal to historians, geographers and anthropologists
目次
Part I Indigenous Peoples Before Contact 1. The Hohokam: The "Canal Builders" of the American Southwest 2. The Aztecs and the Founding of Tenochtitlan 3. The Inuit, Sea Ice, and Snow Part II Colonialization and Early-Industrial Growth 4. Acequias and Spanish Water Law 5. The Origins of Commercial Fishing in Newfoundland 6. From Waterwheels to Steam Engines Part III Expansionism and Western Settlement 7. The California Gold Rush: Placer and Hydraulic Mining 8. Capricious Border: The Rio Grande River Part IV Commerce, Industry, and Urban Growth 9. Philadelphia's Waterworks: Pioneering Clean Water for Cities 10. Water Rerouted: The Erie Canal 11. Building the Toronto Waterfront 12. The Lure of Falling Water: Niagara Falls Part V The Mid-Twentieth Century 13. The Houston Ship Channel's Environmental Footprint 14. "Levees-Only" in Louisiana and The Great Mississippi Flood 15. Salmon, Hydropower, and the Fraser River Part VI The Post-War Years 16. Racism and Civil Rights in American/Canadian Swimming Pools 17. Detergent Phosphates in the Great Lakes 18. The Fluoride Controversy 19. Hurricane Hazel: In Canada Part VII The New Ecology 20. Mexico's Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill 21. The Ogallala Aquifer in Decline 22. Water Management and Privatization in Modern Mexico Part VIII Social Crises/Environmental Injustices 23. The Flint Water Crisis 24. Maquiladoras and Water Pollution 25. To Frack or Not to Frack in Mexico 26. Postscript: Climate and Water
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