Cadillac desert
the American West and its disappearing water
Water-supply, united states
West (U.S.)
Irrigation
West (u.s.), history
Water resources development
Political corruption
Long Now Manual for Civilization
Technology
Government policy
Nonfiction
History
"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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