Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta A Call for Reclamation

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Randolph, Ned, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press [2024]
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • Introduction: A Turn to Mud
  • Interlude: Vignette
  • 1. A Mudscape in Motion
  • Interlude On the Mermantau
  • 2. Muddy Foil
  • Interlude Toledo Bend
  • 3. The Villainous River
  • Interlude Whose Paradise?
  • 4 The Birth of River Science and Grassroots Greenwashing
  • Interlude The Arrivals
  • 5 The "Katrina Effect" and the Working Coast
  • Interlude A Modest Proposal
  • 6 Mud, Plastics, and Cancer Alley
  • Interlude Landfall
  • Conclusion: Stuck in the Mud
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index