America's fight over water : the environmental and political effects of large-scale water systems /

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, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
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.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
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
Electronic books.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The fight over water in the American West
  • Political and environmental sociology: the dialectic of society and nature
  • Water in the American West
  • In the beginning there was Boulder: a natural menace becomes a natural resource
  • Grand Coulee: "mightiest thing ever built by man"
  • Glen Canyon: last of the high dams
  • DamNation: controlling the waters, civilizing the wilderness.

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