Rivers of Empire : Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0195078063
ISBN-13
9780195078060
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 20th, 1992
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
656 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.30 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasWater industriesHuman geography
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Donald Worster examines the development history of the American West, identifying the élite of technology and wealth who have controlled its most essential resource: water.
This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals.
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