Engineering nature : water, development & the global spread of American environmental expertise / Jessica B. Teisch.

Author/creator Teisch, Jessica B.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Description260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction : California welcomes the world -- Lessons of valuable experience : what California learned from India -- A great mission for the race : lessons and experiences from California -- The California model and the Australian awakening -- Home is not so very far away : civilizing the South African frontier -- Nothing but commercial feudalism : California's Hawaiian empire -- Palestine's peculiar social experiments -- Conclusion : the common world destiny.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-239) and index.
LCCN 2010029268
ISBN9780807834435 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834432 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807871768 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807871761 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HD1694.A5 T37 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold