Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water /
Reisner, Marc.
Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner. - Rev. and updated - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993. - viii, 582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [522]-564) and index.
A country of illusion -- The Red Queen -- First causes -- An American Nile (I) -- The Go-Go years -- Rivals in crime -- Dominy -- An American Nile (II) -- The peanut farmer and the pork barrel -- Chinatown -- Those who refuse to learn ... -- Things fall apart -- A civilization, if you can keep it.
This history of water rights in the American West focuses on the political corruption and intrigue, including the rivalry between the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers.
0140178244 (pbk.) 9780140178241 (pbk.)
93173272
Irrigation--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Water resources development--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Political corruption--History.--West (U.S.)
HD 1739 .A17 / R45 1993
Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner. - Rev. and updated - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993. - viii, 582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [522]-564) and index.
A country of illusion -- The Red Queen -- First causes -- An American Nile (I) -- The Go-Go years -- Rivals in crime -- Dominy -- An American Nile (II) -- The peanut farmer and the pork barrel -- Chinatown -- Those who refuse to learn ... -- Things fall apart -- A civilization, if you can keep it.
This history of water rights in the American West focuses on the political corruption and intrigue, including the rivalry between the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers.
0140178244 (pbk.) 9780140178241 (pbk.)
93173272
Irrigation--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Water resources development--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Political corruption--History.--West (U.S.)
HD 1739 .A17 / R45 1993