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Contested Waters : An Environmental History of the Colorado River /
The Colorado River is a vital resource to urban and agricultural communities across the Southwest, providing water to 30 million people. This book tells the river's story - a story of conquest, control, division, and depletion. Beginning in prehistory and continuing into the present, this book...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
[2013]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- A river through time. Conquering the wild Colorado : the river before 1945 ; Farming the desert : agricultural water demands ; Saving the river : the environmental movement ; Sharing the shortage : a river in control
- Currents of today. The metropolis and the desert : growing cities in the west ; Owning the river : Indian water rights and settlements ; Crossing the border : US-Mexico relations and the river ; The water market : banking and selling the Colorado River
- Conclusion.