03624nam 22007574a 450 991097217850332120251117115103.0978661235663697805209275820520927583978128235663412823566319781597349895159734989510.1525/9780520927582(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(Perlego)552784(iGPub)CSPLUS0075005(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.9780520230309 0520230302 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 J1896636MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972178503321Water and American government4551442UNINA