Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, international, and health aspects of getting the...

Few up-to-date books exist on the hydraulics of canals, and indeed very few which deal with the design, construction, management and moderni...

Completely revised and updated in time for the Centennial Anniversary of breaking ground for the Panama Canal, this lively collection of his...

The cradle of New England's shipping doubled as its casket, earning the sailing route around Cape Cod the nickname of "graveyard of the Atla...

The toxic legacy of Love Canal vividly brought the crisis in industrial waste disposal to public awareness across the United States and led ...

When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreams of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks don't bel...