Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West /

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"Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Flege's study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators bui...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fiege, Mark (Mark T.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.
Series:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subjects:
Irrigation farming > Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming > Idaho.
Irrigation > Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation > Idaho.
Water-supply > Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Water-supply > Idaho.
Culture irriguée > Idaho.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Idaho.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
Irrigation
Irrigation farming
Water-supply
Bewässerungswirtschaft
Landschaftsentwicklung
Irrigatie (waterhuishouding)
Landbouw.
Landschappen.
Lantbruk > historia > Förenta staterna.
Bevattning > historia > Förenta staterna.
Idaho
United States > Snake River Valley
Snake River
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by William Cronon
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction Discovering the irrigated landscape
  • Genesis: water, earth, and irrigation systems
  • Habitat: the irrigated landscape and its biota
  • Dividing water: conflist, cooperation, and allocation on the upper Snake River
  • Labor and landscape: Irrigated agriculture and work
  • From field to market: agricultural production in the irrigated landcape
  • Industrial Eden: myth, metaphor, and the irrigated landscape
  • Conclusion: World in the making
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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