Transforming New Orleans and its environs : centuries of change /
Transforming New Orleans and its environs : centuries of change /
Transforming New Orleans & its environs
Craig E. Colten, editor.
- 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations
- University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transforming the lower Mississippi River Valley / Transformation before urbanization. Making the city inevitable : Native Americans and the geography of New Orleans / Impenetrable but easy : the French transformation of the lower Mississippi Valley and the founding of New Orleans / Environment in service of the city. Forests and other river perils / Subduing nature through engineering : Caleb G. Forshey and the levees-only policy, 1851-1881 / Historical perspective on crevasses, levees, and the Mississippi River / Growing demands of the city. Perspective, power, and priorities : New Orleans and the Mississippi River Flood of 1927 / In the wake of Hurricane Betsy / Response to environmental change. Too much of a good thing : industrial pollution in the lower Mississippi River / Baton Rouge : the making (and breaking) of a petrochemical paradise / The popular geography of illness in the industrial corridor / Fish diversity in a heavily industrialized stretch of the lower Mississippi River / Craig E. Colten -- Tristram R. Kidder ; Christopher Morris -- Ari Kelman ; George S. Pabis ; Donald W. Davis -- Gay M. Gomez ; Todd Shallat -- Craig E. Colten ; Raymond J. Burby ; Barbara Allen ; H.L. Bart. Introduction : Part 1 : Part 2 : Part 3 : Part 4 :
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Electronic reproduction.
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2010.
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English.
9780822972198 (electronic bk.) 0822972190 (electronic bk.) 1322025428 9781322025421
22573/ctt7chq61 JSTOR
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Human ecology--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Homme--Influence sur la nature--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
SCIENCE--Environmental Science.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Humanökologie
Stadtgeografie
Urbanisatie.
Milieuverandering.
Menselijke invloed.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
Louisiana
New Orleans, La.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GF504.L8
304.2/8/0976335
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transforming the lower Mississippi River Valley / Transformation before urbanization. Making the city inevitable : Native Americans and the geography of New Orleans / Impenetrable but easy : the French transformation of the lower Mississippi Valley and the founding of New Orleans / Environment in service of the city. Forests and other river perils / Subduing nature through engineering : Caleb G. Forshey and the levees-only policy, 1851-1881 / Historical perspective on crevasses, levees, and the Mississippi River / Growing demands of the city. Perspective, power, and priorities : New Orleans and the Mississippi River Flood of 1927 / In the wake of Hurricane Betsy / Response to environmental change. Too much of a good thing : industrial pollution in the lower Mississippi River / Baton Rouge : the making (and breaking) of a petrochemical paradise / The popular geography of illness in the industrial corridor / Fish diversity in a heavily industrialized stretch of the lower Mississippi River / Craig E. Colten -- Tristram R. Kidder ; Christopher Morris -- Ari Kelman ; George S. Pabis ; Donald W. Davis -- Gay M. Gomez ; Todd Shallat -- Craig E. Colten ; Raymond J. Burby ; Barbara Allen ; H.L. Bart. Introduction : Part 1 : Part 2 : Part 3 : Part 4 :
Use copy
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780822972198 (electronic bk.) 0822972190 (electronic bk.) 1322025428 9781322025421
22573/ctt7chq61 JSTOR
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Human ecology--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Homme--Influence sur la nature--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
SCIENCE--Environmental Science.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Humanökologie
Stadtgeografie
Urbanisatie.
Milieuverandering.
Menselijke invloed.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
Louisiana
New Orleans, La.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GF504.L8
304.2/8/0976335