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Border oasis : water and the political ecology of the Colorado River Delta, 1940-1975 /

"The environmental history of the Colorado River delta during the past century is one of the most important - and most neglected - stories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Evan R. (Evan Ray), 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003.
Colección:Environmental history of the borderlands.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: An International Wedding
  • Deltascape: The Spanish Delta
  • 1. The Twentieth-Century Ghost of William Walker
  • 2. "Our 'Good Neighbors'"
  • 3. Saline Solutions
  • 4. Water and the Landscapes of Power in the Mexicali Valley
  • 5. Salt of the River, Salt of the Earth
  • 6. "The Politics of Place"
  • Epilogue: Beyond the Border Oasis
  • Coda: The Contemporary Delta.