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008 930701s1993 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
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020 _a9780140178241
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035 _a(OCoLC)28228340
043 _an-usp--
092 _a333.91
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aReisner, Marc.
_9322595
245 1 0 _aCadillac desert :
_bthe American West and its disappearing water /
_cMarc Reisner.
250 _aRevised and Updated
260 _aNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
_bPenguin Books,
_c1993.
300 _aviii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aMaps on lining papers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 522-564) and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aIrrigation
_xGovernment policy
_zWest (U.S.)
_xHistory.
_9322596
650 0 _aWater resources development
_xGovernment policy
_zWest (U.S.)
_xHistory.
_9322597
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zWest (U.S.)
_xHistory.
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994 _aC0
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