HIST 2250 Chapter : The Cultural and Hydrological Development of the Mississippi and Volga Rivers.docx
10 Apr 2013
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The cultural and hydrological development of the mississippi and volga rivers. Comparative study of high-modernist thinking on the enviro. How attitudes towards natural resources in the 1930s that should be shaped to better serve industrialized society. V provide water for moscow"s increasing popn, easy access to the volga from the city, modernization of pre- industrial villages along the canal route. Us army corps of engineers used tech advances in navigation engineering to create intercontinental channel permanently transforming the upper mississippi into a commercial highway helped mid-west farmers remain competitive in domestic& international agri markets. Western nations 1930s era of public works fueled by idea science/tech could transform/control the enviro: blind faith in industrialization. Both had similar outcomes despite diff political ideologies & admin processes. 1930s american & soviet promoters of public works championed the political systems that realized these projects. M project product of democratic society, v product of the supremacy of soviet ideology.
