Book ID: CBB000042005

The organic machine (1995)

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White, Richard W. (Author)


Hill & Wang


Publication Date: 1995
Physical Details: xi + 130 pp.; bibl.; index

Description A history of the engineering management of the Columbia River.


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Review Scarpino, P.V. (1999) Review of "The organic machine". Technology and Culture (pp. 419-20). unapi

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Ceccarelli, Francesco
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