Nature incorporated : industrialization and the waters of New England / Theodore Steinberg.
Series: Studies in environment and historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.Description: xv, 284 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 0521392152,
- 0521521527112
- 9780521527118
- Textile industry -- New England -- Water-supply
- Textile industry -- New England -- History -- 19th century
- Water rights -- New England -- History -- 19th century
- River engineering -- Environmental aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century
- Industrialization -- New England -- History -- 19th century
- 333.91 20 STE
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Table of contents
Part I: Origins
1. The transformation of water
2. Control of water
3. Company waters
Part II: Maturation
4. The transformation of water
5. The law of water
6. Depleted waters
7. Fouled water
Part III: Decline
8. The productive value of water
9. Epilogue
10. A note on sources
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-275) and index.
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