Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River / / April R. Summitt.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 286 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. 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
- Part 2. 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.