Rivers of empire : water, aridity, and the growth of the American West

著者

• Worster, Donald

書誌事項

Rivers of empire : water, aridity, and the growth of the American West

Donald Worster

Oxford University, 1992

• : pbk

注記

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1985

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Donald Worster examines the development history of the American West, identifying the elite of technology and wealth who have controlled its most essential resource: water.

目次

Acknowledgements I. Introduction: Reflections in a Ditch II. Taxonomy: The Flow of Power in History III. Incipience: A Poor Man's Paradise IV. Florescence: The State and the Desert V. Florescence: The Grapes of Wealth VI. Empire: Water and the Modern West VII. Conclusion: Nature, Freedom, and the West Notes Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA22341166
• ISBN:
  • 0195078063
• LCCN: 91046685
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford, England ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: x, 402 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HD1695.A17
  • DC20 : 338.91/00978
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Water-supply -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Irrigation -- Economic aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Rivers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : West (U.S.) -- History