Water and American government [electronic resource] : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / Donald J. Pisani.
By: Pisani, Donald J
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002Description: xviii, 394 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): United States. Bureau of Reclamation | Reclamation of land -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century | Water-supply -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century | West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 333.91/15/0978 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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