America's Fight over Water : the Environment and Political Effects of Large-Scale Water.

This book inquires into the relations between society and its natural environment by examining the historical discourse around several cases of state building in the American West - the construction of three high dams from 1928 to 1963.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wehr, Kevin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2004.
Temas:
Water resources development > Political aspects > West (U.S.) > Case studies.
Water resources development > Social aspects > West (U.S.) > Case studies.
Water resources development > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.) > Case studies.
Water resources development > Environmental aspects
Water resources development > Political aspects
Water resources development > Social aspects
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. et Nev.)
Arizona > Glen Canyon Dam
United States > Hoover Dam
West United States
Washington (State) > Grand Coulee Dam
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One Introduction: The Fight over Water in the American West; Chapter Two Political and Environmental Sociology: The Dialectic of Society and Nature; Chapter Three Water in the American West; Chapter Four In the Beginning There Was Boulder: A Natural Menace Becomes a Natural Resource; Chapter Five Grand Coulee: "Mightiest Thing Ever Built by Man"; Chapter Six Glen Canyon: The Last of the High Dams; Chapter Seven DamNation: Controlling the Waters, Civilizing the Wilderness '; Maps; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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