As Precious as Blood : The Western Slope in Colorado's Water Wars, 1900-1970 /

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"A comprehensive study about the contentious issue of the water wars between Colorado's Western Slope--where snows accumulate west of the Continental Divide--and the Front Range, where the ever-expanding population continues to require more municipal water"--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schulte, Steven C., 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Water rights > Colorado > Western Slope > History.
Colorado > Western Slope.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Colorado's water : a problem rooted in geography and history
  • Colorado's water wars begin, 1920-1940
  • Portents of mid-century conflict, 1940-1950
  • Colorado's post war water war : the struggle for the CRSP
  • Water wars at zenith, 1953-56
  • The 1960s : from warfare to tenuous unity
  • To the 1970s : water war and or peace?
  • Epilogue : reflections in a Colorado (Western Slope) stream.

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