Book ID: CBB000038735

Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1994)

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Shallat, Todd A. (Author)


University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1994


Publication Date: 1994
Physical Details: xi + 276 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review Weigley, R.F. (1996) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Pacific Historical Review (pp. 331-32). unapi

Review Weiler, J. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Construction History (pp. 93-95). unapi

Review Merritt, R.H. (1996) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Technology and Culture (pp. 842-43). unapi

Review Wilson, R.R. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Forest and Conservation History (p. 143). unapi

Review Willingham, W.F. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Public Historian (pp. 114-15). unapi

Review Welsh, M. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Environmental History Review (pp. 75-76). unapi

Review Gray, R.D. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Journal of American History (pp. 708-9). unapi

Review Petroski, H. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Nature (p. 224). unapi

Review Shiman, P.L. (1995) Review of "Structures in the stream: Water, science, and the rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". Science (pp. 1529-30). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Shallat, Todd A.
Reuss, Martin
Becker, William H.
Graves, Gregory
Heefner, Gretchen
Johnson, Leland R.
Journals
Technology and Culture
Construction History
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Environmental Review
Filson Club History Quarterly
Journal of Policy History
Publishers
Historical Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers
University of Minnesota
University of South Carolina
Duke University
Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers
Königshausen & Neumann
Concepts
Hydraulic engineering
Military technology
Engineering
Technology
Marine engineering; canals; waterways
Civil engineering
People
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard
Schiller, Friedrich von
Tradescant, family
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
United States
Libya
Institutions
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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