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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788500203321

Autore

Summitt April R

Titolo

Contested waters [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history of the Colorado River / / April R. Summitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013

ISBN

1-60732-211-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

979.1/3

Soggetti

Water-supply - Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) - History

Water rights - Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) - History

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) History

Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) History

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. A river through time -- Conquering the wild colorado : the river before 1945 -- Farming the desert : agricultural water demands -- Saving the river : the environmental movement -- Sharing the shortage : a river in control -- Part 2. Currents of today -- The metropolis and the desert : growing cities in the west -- Owning the river : Indian water rights and settlements -- Crossing the border : us-mexico relations and the river -- The water market : banking and selling the colorado river -- Conclusion.