Cadillac Desert: The American West And Its Disappearing Water

Cadillac Desert

The American West And Its Disappearing Water

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Marc Reisner
Marc Reisner
1986 • 33 pages

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"Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West.

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This book is a stellar history of water policy through top-down and “great men” lenses, delivered in a dense, drawn-out format.

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