Water and the West 2nd Edition - The Colorado River Compact Politics of Water in American West

Informationen zum Autor Norris Hundley! Jr. is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California! Los Angeles! and author of many books on California! water rights! and the West. Klappentext Zusammenfassung An account of the numerous struggles - national, state, and local - that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2009 Edition 1. Dreamers and Planters 2. Imperial Joins the Crusade 3. The League and the Law 4. A Call for Diplomacy 5. Power Sets the Stage 6. Stalemate 7. Dividing the Waters 8. Ratification Battles 9. Arizona v. California Epilogue Appendix: The Colorado River Compact Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Norris Hundley, Norris Hundley Jr, Norris Hundley Jr., Hundley Norris, Norris Hundley
• Assisted by: Norris Hundley Jr. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780520260115
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26011-5
• No. of pages: 433
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 218 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; NATURE / Natural Resources, Science / Environmental Science, History of the Americas, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply