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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2004.
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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.