Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 /

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Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States, shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pisani, Donald J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Temas:
United States. > Bureau of Reclamation.
1900-1999
Reclamation of land > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > Government policy > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE > Ecology.
Economic history.
Reclamation of land.
Water-supply > Government policy.
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
West United States.
Samfundsvidenskab > Økonomi.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking
  • The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909
  • Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert
  • An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917
  • Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935
  • Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima
  • Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power
  • Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935
  • Conclusion : retrospect and significance.

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