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Cadillac desert

the American West and its disappearing water

by Marc Reisner

1986 582 pages eng ★ 4.5 (4 ratings)

"Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West. At its core, this book is a history of the massive engineering …

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