惊涛骇浪与巨大水坝：胡佛大坝的建造与科罗拉多河的消逝（科普 历史）The Wild River and the Great Dam : The Construction of Hoover Dam and the Vanishing Colorado RiverSimon Boughton

基本信息

Book Details

ISBN-13: 9780316380850

ISBN-10: 0316380857

Author: Simon Boughton

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 272

Release Date: 13 April 2026

Weight: 0g

Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

胡佛水坝：美国奇迹及其坎坷的遗产

“在这部详尽而翔实的著作中，博顿以引人入胜的文字，记录了胡佛水坝的建造过程。”——《出版商周刊》星级评论

“这部文笔流畅的叙述将成为研究这一现代美国奇迹之作。”——《书单》星级评论

探索胡佛水坝——美国影响深远的标志性建筑之一——建造背后的复杂历史，以及它对科罗拉多河和美国西部地区产生的深远政治和环境影响。

胡佛水坝于1936年竣工，当时是世界上大的水坝，也是美国规模大的建筑和工程奇迹，彰显了国家的雄心壮志和技术成就。它将狂野的科罗拉多河改造成一条水量充沛、管理安全的河流，将数百万英亩的沙漠变成了农田，同时也为美国西南部快速增长的人口提供了水源和电力。这座混凝土巨石迅速成为美国人智慧的象征；然而，它的历史却充满了矛盾。

它为成千上万人提供了工作，但同时也是一个危险的工程，在大萧条时期剥削了绝望的工人。它促进了美国西南部的定居和经济发展，但却以牺牲原住民和环境为代价；它还造成了对科罗拉多河水资源的依赖，而这条河流正因过度用水和气候变化而面临威胁。

西蒙·博顿这部构思精巧、引人入胜的处女作，巧妙地融合了工程学、地理学、政治和社会经济史等元素，并大量引用了水坝工人和他们家人的未发表口述历史，书中穿插着大量历史照片，讲述了胡佛水坝的建设及其影响，以及它所承诺的丰饶如何导致如今这条河流陷入危机。

Summary

The Hoover Dam: An American Marvel and Its Troubled Legacy

“In this detailed and informative work, Boughton chronicles the construction of the Hoover Dam via compellingly comprehensive text.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This well-written narrative is bound to become the authority on this modern American marvel.” - Booklist, starred review

Discover the complicated history behind the construction of Hoover Dam—one of the country’s most recognizable and far-reaching landmarks—and its lasting political and environmental effects on the Colorado River and the American West.

At the time of its completion in 1936, Hoover Dam was the biggest dam in the world and the largest feat of architecture and engineering in the country—a statement of national ambition and technical achievement. It turned the wild Colorado River into a tame and securely managed water source, transforming millions of acres of desert into farmland while also providing water and power to the fast-growing population of the Southwest. The concrete monolith quickly became a symbol of American ingenuity; however, its history is laden with contradiction.

It provided work for thousands, but it was a dangerous project that exploited desperate workers during the Depression. It helped secure the settlement and economies of the Southwest, but at the expense of Indigenous peoples and the environment; and it created a dependency on the Colorado River’s water, which is under threat from overuse and climate change.

Weaving together elements of engineering, geography, and political and socioeconomic history, and drawing heavily from unpublished oral histories taken from dam workers and their families, Simon Boughton’s thoughtful and compelling debut featuring historical photographs throughout follows the construction and impact of Hoover Dam, and how its promise of abundance ultimately created a river in crisis today.

作者简介

西蒙·博顿从事图书出版工作已有三十年，担任诺顿少儿出版社的出版总监。他出版的图书包括入围美国国家图书奖的《胜利！站起来！》和荣获《波士顿环球报》号角书奖的《从低语到呐喊》。此前，他创办了咆哮溪出版社，编辑出版的图书包括荣获凯迪克奖的《我的朋友兔子》和《穿梭于双塔之间的人》。他目前在纽约州北部特拉华县的家中和纽约市两地居住。

Simon Boughton has worked as a book publisher for the last thirty years, most recently as the publishing director of Norton Young Readers. Among the books he has published are the National Book Award finalist Victory. Stand! and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award winner From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry. Previously, he founded Roaring Brook Press, where books he edited and published include the Caldecott Medal winners My Friend Rabbit and The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. He divides his time between his home in Delaware County in upstate New York and New York City.