TY - BOOK AU - Doyle,Martin TI - The source: how rivers made America and America remade its rivers SN - 9780393242355 PY - 2018///] CY - New York PB - W. W. Norton & Company KW - Rivers KW - United States KW - History KW - Water resources development KW - Floodplain management KW - Water conservation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and index; Part one: Federalism. Navigating the republic -- Life on the Mississippi -- The rise of the levees -- Flood control -- Part two: Sovereignty and property. Water wars -- A new water market -- Part three: Taxation. Running water -- Burning rivers -- Part four: Regulation. Regulating power -- The power of a river -- Part five: Conservation. Channelization -- The restoration economy N2 - A history of the role of rivers in shaping American politics, economics, and society draws on experts from diverse backgrounds to explore how the natural and human transformations of rivers have made a significant impact on the nation ER -