Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City

by Richard Campanella

In Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to "the world's toughest drainage problem," renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City. With forays into geography, public health, engineering, architecture, politics, sociology, race relations, and disaster response, he chronicles the herculean attempts to "reclaim" the city's swamps and marshes and install...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807178543
• ISBN13: 9780807178546
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"