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UNINA9910816141703321 |
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Autore |
Summitt April R |
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Titolo |
Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River / / April R. Summitt |
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Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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