Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water /
Reisner, Marc.
Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner. - Revised and Updated - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993. - viii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 9780140178241
93173272
Irrigation--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Water resources development--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Political corruption--History.--West (U.S.)
Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner. - Revised and Updated - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993. - viii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 9780140178241
93173272
Irrigation--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Water resources development--Government policy--History.--West (U.S.)
Political corruption--History.--West (U.S.)