| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations (some colour), map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"A comprehensive study about the contentious issue of the water wars between Colorado's Western Slope--where snows accumulate west of the Continental Divide--and the Front Range, where the ever-expanding population continues to require more municipal water"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Colorado's water : a problem rooted in geography and history -- Colorado's water wars begin, 1920-1940 -- Portents of mid-century conflict, 1940-1950 -- Colorado's post war water war : the struggle for the CRSP -- Water wars at zenith, 1953-56 -- The 1960s : from warfare to tenuous unity -- To the 1970s : water war and or peace? -- Epilogue : reflections in a Colorado (Western Slope) stream. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water rights -- Colorado -- Western Slope -- History.
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Water rights. |
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Colorado -- Western Slope. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schulte, Steven C., 1955- As precious as blood. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016] 9781607324997 (DLC) 2016019926 (OCoLC)949553689 |
| ISBN |
9781607325000 (electronic book) |
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1607325004 (electronic book) |
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9781607324997 (cloth) |
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1607324997 (cloth) |
| Sudoc No. |
HED13.2/B62/2016 |
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