Morris, Christopher <br/><br/>
The Big Muddy :  an environmental history of the Mississippi and its peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina / 
Christopher Morris. 
 - New York, NY :  Oxford University Press,  c2012. 
 - xii, 300 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195316919 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012003182 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Stream ecology--History.--Mississippi River<br/>Human ecology--History.--Mississippi River
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mississippi River--Environmental conditions.<br/>Mississippi River Valley--Environmental conditions.<br/>Mississippi River--History.<br/>Mississippi River Valley--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GE155.M57  / M67 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.20977