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Reisner, Marc.
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Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Cadillac desert : th...
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Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water / Marc Reisner.
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Reisner, Marc.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993.
Subjects
Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
ISBN:
0140178244 (pbk.)
9780140178241 (pbk.)
Description:
viii, 582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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Rev. and updated
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.
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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.
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
333.91 Re
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Manoa Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
333.91 Re
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North Kohala Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
333.91 Re
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