Rivers by design: state power and the origins of U.S. flood control

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Rivers and State Authority -- Chapter 1. Infrastructure Builds the State -- Chapter 2. The Founding Principles of River Development -- II Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign -- Chapter 3. The Mississippi River: Becoming the Nation's River -- Chapter 4. The Mississippi River: Resentment Leading to Civil War -- Chapter 5. The Mississippi River: Postwar Reunification, Postwar Aid -- Chapter 6. The Sacramento River: Miners versus Farmers -- Chapter 7. The Sacramento River: Capitalists Unify for Development -- III Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest -- Chapter 8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers -- Chapter 9. The Fully Designed River -- Chapter 10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control -- Chapter 11. Rivers by Design -- Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions -- Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Infrastructure builds the state -- The founding principles of river development -- The Mississippi River : becoming the nation's river -- The Mississippi River : resentment leading to Civil War -- The Mississippi River : post-war reunification, post-war aid -- The Sacramento River : miners versus farmers -- The Sacramento River : capitalists unify for development -- Federal aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers -- The fully designed river -- Flood control for all rivers -- Rivers by design