The Struggle for Water Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest

Nearly 50 years ago, the Bureau of Reclamation proposed building a dam at the confluence of two rivers in central Arizona. While the dam would bring valuable water to an arid plain, it would also destroy a wildlife habitat, flood archaeological sites, and force the Yavapai Indians from their ancestral home. This is the fascinating story of this controversial and ultimately thwarted project.

Summary

The story of the proposed - and ultimately thwarted - building of a dam, nearly 50 years ago in Arizona, which would have destroyed wildlife, flooded archaeological sites and forced the Havapai Indians off their ancestral home. It is also a study of rationality as a cultural, organisational and political construct.

Product details

• Authors: Espeland Wendy Nelson, Wendy Nelson Espesland, Wendy Nelson Espesland, Wendy Nelson Espeland
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.09.1998
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology
• EAN: 9780226217949
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21794-9
• Pages: 298
• Dimensions (packing): 1.5 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 454 g
• Series: Language & Legal Discourse S.; Chicago Series in Law and Society; Language & Legal Discourse S.
• Subjects: USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social issues & processes, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Land Rights, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies