Border Oasis : Water and the Political Ecology of the Colorado River Delta, 1940-1975 /

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"Border Oasis tells how two very different nations developed the delta into an agricultural oasis at enormous environmental cost. Focusing on the years 1940 to 1975 - including the disastrous salinity crisis of the 1960s and 1970s - it combines Mexican, Native American, and U.S. perspectives to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ward, Evan R. (Evan Ray), 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water-supply > Government policy.
Water resources development.
Ecology.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve)
Eau > Approvisionnement > Politique gouvernementale > Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve)
Water resources development > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Water-supply > Government policy > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
North America > Colorado River.
Mexico > Colorado River Delta.
Colorado, Delta du (Mexique) > Conditions environnementales.
Colorado River Delta (Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
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.

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