This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human asp

In 2010 extensive flooding caused property damage and loss of life in Corinth, Mississippi. Historic drainage districts established at the turn of the 20th cent

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- ONE Modern Overflow -- DISASTER'S PUBLIC -- TWO A Northern Arm