James F. Barnett Jr.

Broschiertes Buch

Beyond Control

The Mississippi River's New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico

Beschreibung

Told against the backdrop of the Lower Mississippi Riverâ s impending diversion, the bookâ s chapters chronicle historic floods, rising flood crests, a changing strategy for flood protection, and competing interests in the management of the Old River outlet. This is both a history and a close look at an inexorable, living process.

Autor

James F. Barnett Jr. is author of Beyond Control: The Mississippi River's New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico; The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735; and Mississippi's American Indians, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the Journal of Mississippi History, Mississippi Archaeology, and Southern Quarterly. He retired as director of the Historic Properties Division with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Produktdetails

• America's Third Coast Series
• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9781496852113
• ISBN-10: 1496852117
• Artikelnr.: 70143962