Reining in the Rio Grande : People, Land, and Water /

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This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Fred M. (Fred Melville)
Other Authors: Black, Mary E., 1953-, Hall, G. Emlen, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Riparian restoration.
Riparian ecology.
Riparian areas.
Manners and customs.
Irrigation farming.
Human ecology.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Culture irriguee > Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Zones riveraines > Rehabilitation > Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Écologie ripicole > Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Écologie humaine > Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Irrigation farming > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian restoration > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian ecology > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian areas > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Human ecology > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
North America > Rio Grande Valley.
Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.) > Conditions environnementales.
Grande, Vallee du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.) > Histoire.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Social life and customs.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Environmental conditions.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Roots of the Rio Grande in deep time
  • Early cultures
  • Newcomers to the land
  • A new U.S. regime
  • The river pushes back
  • Conquest of the river by science and law
  • Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact
  • Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande
  • Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande
  • Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give?
  • The future of an old river.

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