Cadillac desert

the American West and its disappearing water

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Cadillac desert (1993, Douglas & McIntyre)

582 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1993 by Douglas & McIntyre.

ISBN:
9781550540802
OCLC Number:
27678694

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"Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West.

9 editions

Subjects

  • Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
  • Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History.
  • Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.