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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807331903321

Autore

Phillips Fred M (Fred Melville)

Titolo

Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8263-4945-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

363.6/1097644

Soggetti

Human ecology - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)

Riparian areas - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)

Riparian ecology - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)

Riparian restoration - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)

Irrigation farming - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)

Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) History

Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) Environmental conditions

Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) Social life and customs

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

Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Cochiti Pueblo and a Changing River; I: Roots of the Rio Grande in Deep Time; II: Early Cultures; III: Newcomers to the Land; IV: A New U.S. Regime; V: The River Pushes Back; VI: Conquest of the River by Science and Law; VII: Big Dams, Irrigation Districts, and a Compact; VIII: Mount Reynolds on the Middle Rio Grande; Color Plates; IX: Shifting Values, New Forces on the Rio Grande; X: Fulfilling Rio Grande Demands: What Has to Give?; XI: The Future of an Old River; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.