Big dams of the New Deal era; a confluence of engineering and politics.0806137959 Big dams of the New Deal era; a confluence confluence /con·flu·ence/ (kon´floo-ins) 1. a running together; a meeting of streams.con´fluent 2. in embryology, the flowing of cells, a component process of gastrulation. of engineering and politics. Billington, David P. and Donald C. Jackson. U. of Oklahoma Pr. 2006 369 pages $36.95 Hardcover TC556 Billington (engineering, Princeton U.) and Jackson (history, Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832. ) describe the interaction of political and engineering factors in the construction of the major federal dams Federal Dam has the following meanings:
A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. and the US Army Corps of Engineers, structuring their narrative around four important watersheds--the Columbia, the Colorado, the Missouri, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds--and detailing the politics and engineering of one or more federal dams for each. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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