Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2490757 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Excellent, detailed study of engineering and politics
This history of a river swamp that threatens to capture the Mississippi is a wonderfully balanced and thought-provoking account of engineering conquest and the politics of public works. Published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the indiscriminate Government Printing Office, the publication stands apart from the usual history-as-public relations effulent from agencies such as the Corps. DESIGNING THE BAYOUS, a work of scholarship despite the in-house publication, moves well beyond agency ego. Topics include the history of the Mississippi River, flood control and navigation, environmental assessment, interagency squabbles, scientific contributions to river engineering, and the unintended consequences of technological progress.