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Donald Worster, Donald (Meyerhoff Professor of American E Worster, Donald (Meyerhoff Professor of American Environmental Studies Worster, Worster Donald

Rivers of Empire - Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West

English · Paperback / Softback

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This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals.

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Authors	Donald Worster, Donald (Meyerhoff Professor of American E Worster, Donald (Meyerhoff Professor of American Environmental Studies Worster, Worster Donald
Publisher	Oxford University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	18.06.1992

EAN	9780195078060
ISBN	978-0-19-507806-0
No. of pages	414
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, History of the Americas, Human Geography, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, Water industries

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