The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina

Publication Data

• Title The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina
• Author Christopher Morris
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location New York, NY
• Language English

Contents

Valley of mud
Knee Deep in water and snakes
Rice
The rise of New Orleans and the fall of Natchez
Consolidation, transformation, conservation
King Cotton meets Big Muddy
The Cotton kingdom's edges made and Unmade
Engineering the river of empire
Drought, disease, and other symptoms of a pathological landscape
Cotton, chemicals, catfish, crawfish
Nature's return : hurricane Katrina and the future of the Big Muddy.

Topics

• Stream ecology :: Mississippi River :: History
• Human ecology :: Mississippi River :: History
• Mississippi River :: Environmental conditions
• Mississippi River Valley :: Environmental conditions
• Mississippi River :: History
• Mississippi River Valley :: History
• Mississippi River
• Mississippi River Valley

The Big Muddy : an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina by Christopher Morris. ISBN 9780195316919. Published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.