River No More - The Colorado River and the West

Here is the definitive history of the development of the Colorado River and the claims made on its waters, from its source in the Wyoming Rockies to the California and Arizona borders where, so saline it kills plants, it peters out just short of the Gulf of California. Ever increasing demands on the river to supply cities in the desert render this new edition all too timely. Philip Fradkin has updated this valuable book with a new preface.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

ONE
Watershed: A Separate Totality

TWO
Beginnings: Four Streams in Search of a River

THREE
High Country: Of Cows and Coal

FOUR
Separate Nations: Of Mormons and Indians

FIVE
Canyon Country: The Ultimate Ditch

SIX
Deserts: The Politics of Water

SEVEN
Ends: Death in the Desert

Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Philip L. Fradkin is an environmental historian, the author of six acclaimed books on the American West, most recently The Seven States of California (1995). His book Fallout was nominated for both a Pultizer and a Bancroft Prize.

Summary

Here is the definitive history of the development of the Colorado River and the claims made on its waters, from its source in the Wyoming Rockies to the California and Arizona borders where, so saline it kills plants, it peters out just short of the Gulf of California. Ever increasing demands on the river to supply cities in the desert render this new edition all too timely. Philip Fradkin has updated this valuable book with a new preface.

Product details

• Authors: Philip L. Fradkin, Fradkin Philip L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1996
• EAN: 9780520205642
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20564-2
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Historical Geography