Main Title |
Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / |
Author |
Pisani, Donald J.
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Publisher |
University of California Press, |
Year Published |
2002 |
OCLC Number |
50035410 |
ISBN |
0520230302 (alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Reclamation of land--West (US)--History--20th century ;
Water-supply--Government policy--West (US)--History--20th century ;
West (US)--Economic conditions--20th century
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Additional Subjects |
United States--Bureau of Reclamation
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EOAM |
TC823.6.P57 2002 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/27/2004 |
ERAM |
TC823.6.P57 2002 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
06/27/2003 |
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Collation |
xviii, 394 p., {10} p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |