| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States, shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation. |
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation. |
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Reclamation of land -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Reclamation of land. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Water-supply -- Government policy. |
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Water-supply. |
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West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pisani, Donald J. Water and American government. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520230302 (DLC) 2002008939 (OCoLC)50035410 |
| ISBN |
9780520927582 (electronic book) |
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0520927583 (electronic book) |
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9780520230309 (alkaline paper) |
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0520230302 (alkaline paper) |
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1597349895 |
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9781597349895 |
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0520230302 (alkaline paper) |
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