Beginnings
A Bird's-Eye View
Primitive Legacies
Conquerors and Civilizers
Champions of the Golden River
Battling for Possession
The River as Shaper
Highway and Barrier
Moving Upstream
The Canal to the West
Floating the Upper River
Taming the Falls
Pausing for War
The Shapes of Art
From Energy to Entropy
The Ideal Water Level
Lessons of the Flow
Signs of Life
Looking Upstream
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