River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America's Rivers

摘要

Daniel McCool's River Republic is a hopeful narrative about the possibility for change in the way that Americans interact with and manage rivers. McCool seeks to explain the roots of America's current water dilemmas and chart a future course in which citizen groups figure as prominently as government agencies and amenity values gain much greater priority than in the past. Written by a political scientist, with a keen interest in engaging a wide public audience, River Republic contains vivid prose, anecdotes, and character sketches.