Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico: | Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water and American government |
| ISBN: | 9786612356636 |
| 9780520927582 | |
| 0520927583 | |
| 9781282356634 | |
| 1282356631 | |
| 9781597349895 | |
| 1597349895 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972178503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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