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

Cadillac Desert

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

New Ed edition

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
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  • 76 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

"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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Pimlico
Pages
592

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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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Cadillac Desert: The American West and its disappearing water
March 1, 2001, Pimlico
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Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water
1993, Penguin Books
in English - Rev. and updated
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Cadillac desert: the American West and its disappearing water
1986, Viking
in English
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Cadillac desert: the American West andits disappearing water
1986, Viking
in English
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First Sentence

"The American West was explored by white men half a century before the first colonists set foot on Virginia's beaches, but it went virtually uninhabited by whites for another three hundred years."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
592
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.9 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

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OL7794504M
ISBN 10
0712667172
ISBN 13
9780712667173
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57189
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