Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River / / April R. Summitt
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Summitt April R
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| Titolo: |
Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River / / April R. Summitt
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| Pubblicazione: | Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 979.1/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-supply - Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) - History |
| Water rights - Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) History |
| Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) History | |
| Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Environmental conditions | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Contested waters |
| ISBN: | 1-60732-211-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816141703321 |
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