Contested waters [electronic resource] : an environmental history of the Colorado River / April R. Summitt.
By: Summitt, April R.
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BookPublisher: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013Description: xvi, 286 p. : ill.Subject(s): Water-supply -- Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History | Water rights -- Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History | Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 979.1/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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