Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California's Central Valley Project /

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"Economic and political power in California's water system was born of monopolist Miller & Lux's water rights: they are ghostly and forgettable in the wet years, vexing and implacable in the dry. Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California's Central Valley Project tells...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stroshane, Tim, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Water rights.
Water resources development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > Californie > Histoire.
Droits sur les eaux > Californie > Histoire.
Water-supply > Political aspects > California > History.
Water rights > California > History.
Water resources development > California > History.
California.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Artificial cascades
  • Mere trespassers and monopolists
  • Showdown at the Calloway Canal
  • The dead hand of Henry Miller
  • A large permanent usefulness
  • District, rule, decree
  • A lawsuit is a poor match for a dam
  • Junior and senior partners
  • Glass half full
  • Parable, prophecy, present
  • Appendices Summaries of key Miller & Lux-related San Joaquin River California Supreme Court cases ; Text of Proposition 7 from 1928 California Constitution ; Authorities.

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