An edition of Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water (1986)

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the American West and its disappearing water

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An edition of Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water (1986)

Cadillac desert

the American West and its disappearing water

Rev. and updated

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"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.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
582

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Subjects

History, Government policy, Irrigation, Water resources development, Political corruption, Corruption (in politics), Nonfiction, Technology, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Corruption in politics, West (U.S.), Hist, Water-supply, united states, West (u.s.), history

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West (U.S.)

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Cover of: Cadillac desert
Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water
1993, Penguin Books
in English - Rev. and updated
Cover of: Cadillac desert
Cadillac desert: the American West andits disappearing water
1986, Viking
in English
Cover of: Cadillac desert
Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water
1986, Viking
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [522]-564) and index.
Maps on lining papers.

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New York, N.Y., U.S.A

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
333.91/00978
Library of Congress
HD1739.A17 R45 1993, HD1739.A17R45 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 582 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
582

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OL1497325M
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0140178244
LCCN
93173272
OCLC/WorldCat
28228340
Library Thing
57189
Goodreads
56140

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