03446nam 22006854a 450 991082145120332120200520144314.00-520-92758-397866123566361-282-35663-11-59734-989-510.1525/9780520927582(CKB)111087027178608(EBL)223646(OCoLC)475928677(SSID)ssj0000269252(PQKBManifestationID)11193628(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269252(PQKBWorkID)10262279(PQKB)10002887(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055927(MiAaPQ)EBC223646(OCoLC)53001376(MdBmJHUP)muse30827(DE-B1597)519125(OCoLC)1100572599(DE-B1597)9780520927582(Au-PeEL)EBL223646(CaPaEBR)ebr10050792(CaONFJC)MIL235663(EXLCZ)9911108702717860820020611d2002 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWater and American government the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 /Donald J. Pisani1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20021 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, mapsDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-23030-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 family farms and farming communities had become by the 1930's a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West.Reclamation of landWest (U.S.)History20th centuryWater-supplyGovernment policyWest (U.S.)History20th centuryWest (U.S.)Economic conditions20th centuryReclamation of landHistoryWater-supplyGovernment policyHistory333.91/15/0978Pisani Donald J1604054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821451203321Water and American government3928693UNINA