| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Prologue -- Coping with scarcity : the first Coloradans -- Gold Rush and settlement : the origins of Colorado's water laws -- Abundance in a dry land : the rise of agriculture -- Dammed and diverted : harnessing Colorado's wild rivers -- Facing limits, finding connections : the environmental movement -- Crossing the great divide : from conflict to cooperation -- About the author and photographer. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Colorado -- History.
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Water-supply. |
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Colorado. |
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Colorado -- Environmental conditions -- History.
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Environmental conditions. |
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History. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
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Ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Havey, Jim.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Great divide. Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, 2015 9781442247253 (DLC) 2015005109 |
| ISBN |
9781442247260 (ebook) |
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1442247266 |
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9781442247260 (e-book) |
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9781442247253 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1442247258 |
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