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UNINA9910821451203321 |
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Autore |
Pisani Donald J |
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Titolo |
Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92758-3 |
9786612356636 |
1-282-35663-1 |
1-59734-989-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century |
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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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Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country-shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create |
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