Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Maps ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. I Rivers and State Authority 1
7. Chapter 1. Infrastructure Builds the State 1
8. Chapter 2. The Founding Principles of River Development 13
9. II Regional Competition and the Rise of the Flood Control Campaign
10. Chapter 3. The Mississippi River: Becoming the Nation’s River 27
11. Chapter 4. The Mississippi River: Resentment Leading to Civil War 43
12. Chapter 5. The Mississippi River: Postwar Reunification, Postwar Aid 56
13. Chapter 6. The Sacramento River: Miners versus Farmers 68
14. Chapter 7. The Sacramento River: Capitalists Unify for Development 80
15. III Redesigning Rivers in the National Interest
16. Chapter 8. Federal Aid for the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers 97
17. Chapter 9. The Fully Designed River 128
18. Chapter 10. A Nationwide Program for Flood Control 150
19. Chapter 11. Rivers by Design 179
20. Appendix 1. Mississippi Valley River Improvement Conventions 187
21. Appendix 2. Mississippi River Levee Association, Executive Committee 197
22. Notes 199
23. Bibliography 243
24. Index 265