Overview

Full Product Details

9780822944263

Table of Contents

Reviews

-Through the medium of picture postcards, Donald C. Jackson relates the history of dams as a feature of the American landscape, demonstrating the value of such 'ephemera' as a resource for historical inquiry and a means of enhancing our understanding of the built environment. The illustrations are compelling and often surprising.- --Carol Poh, Historical Consultant and past President, Society for Industrial Archeology

Through the medium of picture postcards, Donald C. Jackson relates the history of dams as a feature of the American landscape, demonstrating the value of such 'ephemera' as a resource for historical inquiry and a means of enhancing our understanding of the built environment. The illustrations are compelling and often surprising. --Carol Poh, Historical Consultant and past President, Society for Industrial Archeology

<p> Through the medium of picture postcards, Donald C. Jackson relates the history of dams as a feature of the American landscape, demonstrating the value of such 'ephemera' as a resource for historical inquiry and a means of enhancing our understanding of the built environment. The illustrations are compelling and often surprising. <p>--Carol Poh, Historical Consultant and past President, Society for Industrial Archeology

Author Information

Donald C. Jackson is professor of history at Lafayette College. He is the author of Great American Bridges and Dams and Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West, and coauthor of Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confl

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available