Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black
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| Autore: |
Phillips Fred M (Fred Melville)
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| Titolo: |
Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , [2011] |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.6/1097644 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human ecology - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) |
| Riparian areas - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) | |
| Riparian ecology - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) | |
| Riparian restoration - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) | |
| Irrigation farming - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) History |
| Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) Environmental conditions | |
| Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) Social life and customs | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HallG. Emlen <1942-> |
| BlackMary E. <1953-> | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Cochiti Pueblo and a Changing River; I: Roots of the Rio Grande in Deep Time; II: Early Cultures; III: Newcomers to the Land; IV: A New U.S. Regime; V: The River Pushes Back; VI: Conquest of the River by Science and Law; VII: Big Dams, Irrigation Districts, and a Compact; VIII: Mount Reynolds on the Middle Rio Grande; Color Plates; IX: Shifting Values, New Forces on the Rio Grande; X: Fulfilling Rio Grande Demands: What Has to Give?; XI: The Future of an Old River; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reining in the Rio Grande |
| ISBN: | 0-8263-4945-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807331903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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