The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935
E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-520-92758-2
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: PDF
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Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Maps
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Saving Lost Lives:
Irrigation and the Ideology of Homemaking
2. The Perils of Public Works:
Federal Reclamation, 1902–1909
3. Case Studies in Irrigation and Community:
Twin Falls and Rupert
4. An Administrative Morass:
Federal Reclamation, 1909–1917
5. Boom, Bust, and Boom:
Federal Reclamation, 1917–1935
6. Uneasy Allies:
The Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
7. Case Studies in Water and Power:
The Yakima and the Pima
8. Wiring the New West:
The Strange Career of Public Power
9. Gateway to the Hydraulic Age:
Water Politics, 1920–1935
10. Conclusion:
Retrospect and Significance
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Illustrations follow page 000.