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Author Pisani, Donald J.

Title To reclaim a divided West : water, law, and public policy, 1848-1902 / Donald J. Pisani.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1992]
©1992

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HD1695.A17 P57 1992    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xx, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Histories of the American frontier
Histories of the American frontier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-475) and index.
Contents Introduction: government and public policy in the nineteenth century -- The legal context, 1848-66: water for sale -- The legal context, 1866-1902: localism and reform -- Private enterprise -- Retreat from Nationalism -- The triumph of sectionalism: state enterprise in California, Nevada, and Colorado -- Wyoming, land cession, and the "terrible nineties" -- The Reclamation Act of 1902 -- Conclusion: the fragmented west.
Subject Water-supply -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Water-supply -- Government policy.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Water-supply.
Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Irrigation -- Government policy.
Irrigation.
Hydroelectric power plants -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Hydroelectric power plants -- Government policy.
Hydroelectric power plants.
Water -- Law and legislation -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Water -- Law and legislation.
Overheidsbeleid.
Watergebruik.
Waterrecht.
7.100.
ISBN 0826313809