Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / / Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808103003321
• Autore: Fiege Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c1999
• ISBN: 0-295-98974-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Collana: Weyerhaeuser environmental books
• Disciplina: 333.91/3/097961
• Soggetti: Irrigation farming - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.); Irrigation farming - Idaho; Irrigation - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.); Irrigation - Idaho; Water-supply - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.); Water-supply - Idaho
• 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 (p. 277-305) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword by William Cronon; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape; 1. Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems; 2. Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota; 3. Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River; 4. Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work; 5. From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape; 6. Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape; Conclusion: A World in the Making; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index