The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina /

The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Morris, Christopher (Christopher Charles), author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Stream ecology -- Mississippi River -- History. Human ecology -- Mississippi River -- History. Ecology. Human ecology. Stream ecology. Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions. Mississippi River Valley -- Environmental conditions. Mississippi River -- History. Mississippi River Valley -- History. Mississippi River. Mississippi River Valley. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12481220

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780199717903 0199717907 9781283739634 1283739631 9780195316919 0195316916
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Morris, Christopher (Christopher Charles). Big Muddy. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780195316919

Table of Contents:

Valley of mud
Knee Deep in water and snakes
Rice
The rise of New Orleans and the fall of Natchez
Consolidation, transformation, conservation
King Cotton meets Big Muddy
The Cotton kingdom's edges made and Unmade
Engineering the river of empire
Drought, disease, and other symptoms of a pathological landscape
Cotton, chemicals, catfish, crawfish
Nature's return : hurricane Katrina and the future of the Big Muddy.