Pisani, Donald J. <br/><br/>
Water and American government  the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 /  [electronic resource] : 
Donald J. Pisani. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2002. 
 - xviii, 394 p., [10] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Bureau of Reclamation. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reclamation of land--History--West (U.S.)--20th century.<br/>Water-supply--Government policy--History--West (U.S.)--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West (U.S.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TC823.6  / .P57 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.91/15/0978