Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993.Edition: Rev. and updatedDescription: viii, 582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0140178244 (pbk.)
  • 9780140178241 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 1739 .A17 R45 1993
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HD 1739 .A17 R45 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98640726

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.

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