TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reisner,Marc
TI  - Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water 
SN  - 0140178244 (pbk.)
AV  - HD 1739 .A17 R45 1993
PY  - 1993///
CY  - New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Government policy
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Political corruption
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -