{"title":"Anthony E. Carlson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony E. Carlson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of historical military events. His writing brings to life perilous moments on land and sea, combining meticulous research with vivid storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in detailed and immersive accounts of conflict will find his work both enlightening and gripping. His focus on the strategic and human elements of war invites a deeper understanding of history’s most dramatic episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perilous-waters-by-anthony-e-carlson-9781469694795","title":"Perilous Waters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWetlands—particularly swamps—have evoked contradictory responses from different groups in the United States, from the early republic to the end of World War I. White, enslaved, and Indigenous peoples alternately envisioned swamps as future agricultural paradises, uninhabitable wastelands, portals to freedom, spaces to gather vital resources, eugenic sanctuaries, and future homes for settlers. This contested, evolving thinking shaped how Americans interacted with swamps, and \u003cem\u003ePerilous Waters\u003c\/em\u003e addresses how those interactions influenced their management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony E. Carlson shows how settlers demonized swamps as one of the gravest environmental impediments to agricultural expansion and the establishment of secure and stable communities. In doing so, they enlisted the knowledge, resources, and authority of the state to organize institutions that enabled drainage and erased any vestiges of prior occupation and usage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-nineteenth century, drainage had become a paramount public policy objective, giving rise to new social institutions and the mobilization of state resources to assist settlers in fashioning dry, healthy, and domesticated landscapes. After 1900, all levels of government worked to implement cooperative social institutions and systemize environmental and technological knowledge to facilitate drainage and accelerate the transformation of the nation’s wet spaces into farms and crop fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934181802220,"sku":"9781469694795","price":308.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781469694795-perilous-waters.jpg?v=1783902046"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/anthony-e-carlson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}