Cadillac Desert
The American West and Its Disappearing Water
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993.
Format: Book
Edition: Revised and Updated.
Description: viii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
ISBN:
0140178244
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Conserve Rei | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-564) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-564) and index.