pbA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.bppiMuddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Deltai uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the nation's most promiscuous producers and consumers of fossil fuels Organized around New Orleans and South Louisiana as a case study, this book examines how the unruly Mississippi River and its muddy delta shaped the people, culture, and governance of the region. It proposes a framework of muddy thinking to gum the wheels of extractive capitalism and pollution that have brought us to the precipice of planetary collapse. iMuddy Thinkingi calls upon our dirty, shared histories to address urgent questions of mutual survival and care in a rapidly changing world. p