| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 323 pages). |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental books
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Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-305) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Discovering the irrigated landscape -- Genesis: water, earth, and irrigation systems -- Habitat: the irrigated landscape and its biota -- Dividing water: conflist, cooperation, and allocation on the upper Snake River -- Labor and landscape: Irrigated agriculture and work -- From field to market: agricultural production in the irrigated landcape -- Industrial Eden: myth, metaphor, and the irrigated landscape -- Conclusion: World in the making -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Flege's study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each step, nature rebounded and compromised their intended agricultural order. The result was a new and richly textured landscape made of layer upon layer of technology and intractable natural forces - one that engineers and farmers did not control with the precision they had anticipated." "Irrigated Eden is an unusual and absorbing work, important to anyone interested in western U.S. history, environmental history, or the human-nature relationship."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Irrigation farming -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
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Irrigation farming. |
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Irrigation farming -- Idaho.
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Idaho. |
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Irrigation -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
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Irrigation. |
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Irrigation -- Idaho.
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Water-supply -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
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Water-supply -- Idaho.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
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Water-supply. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry. |
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United States -- Snake River Valley. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Irrigated Eden Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999. 0295977574 (alk. paper) (DLC) 98050247 |
| ISBN |
9780295989747 ebook |
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0295989742 |
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0295977574 alkaline paper |
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9780295977577 (electronic book) |
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0295977574 |
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0295980133 |
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9780295980133 |
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