Dividing Western Waters : Mark Wilmer and Arizona v. California /

The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: August, Jack L., Jr., 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wilmer, Mark.
Water-supply.
Water rights.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Arizona.
Droits sur les eaux > Californie.
Droits sur les eaux > Arizona.
Water-supply > California.
Water-supply > Arizona.
Water rights > California.
Water rights > Arizona.
North America > Colorado River.
California.
Arizona.
Californie > Proces, instances, etc.
Arizona > Proces, instances, etc.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Droits sur les eaux.
California > Trials, litigation, etc.
Arizona > Trials, litigation, etc.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Water rights.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this day Arizona v California is still influential. By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. F.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780875654645

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