Stealing the Gila - The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation 1848-1921

Informationen zum Autor David H. DeJong holds MA and PhD degrees in American Indian Policy Studies from the University of Arizona. Having written dozens of articles and two books dealing with federal Indian policy, DeJong is currently the Project Manager of the Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, a construction project funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and designed to deliver water--from the Central Arizona Project, the Gila River, and other settlements--to the Gila River Indian Reservation. Klappentext By 1850 the Pima Indians of central Arizona had developed a strong and sustainable agricultural economy based on irrigation. As David H. DeJong demonstrates, the Pima were an economic force in the mid-nineteenth century middle Gila River valley, producing food and fiber crops for western military expeditions and immigrants.

Product details

• Authors: David H Dejong, David H. Dejong
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780816535583
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3558-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore