[PDF.74xs] Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise

Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise

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 | #1933707 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2011-02-01 |  2011-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x.68 x6.10l,.88 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||0 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating and annoying|By JayB|This book is fascinating and annoying in equal parts.

The fascinating part is the review of the interactions between some of the world's major irrigation systems in the formative period around 1900. It shows how California and Victoria looked to India for inspiration. It shows the role of great American figures (Elwood Mead) and Aus| |Engineering Nature provides an opportunity to learn from both the successes and the failures of the past--particularly at the confluence of natural resources, technological prowess, and economic promise.--Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. In the frontiers of Australia, South Africa, Hawaii, and Palestine--semiarid regions that shared a need for water t...

You easily download any file type for your device.Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise   |  Jessica B. Teisch.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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