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Water and American government the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 /

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Hoofdauteur: Pisani, Donald J.
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
Onderwerpen:
United States. > Bureau of Reclamation.
Reclamation of land > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > Government policy > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking
  • The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909
  • Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert
  • An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917
  • Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935
  • Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima
  • Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power
  • Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935
  • Conclusion : retrospect and significance.

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