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

Author(s)

• Worster, Donald

Bibliographic Information

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

Donald Worster

Oxford University, 1992

• : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1985

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA22341166
• ISBN:
  • 0195078063
• LCCN: 91046685
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, England ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 402 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD1695.A17
  • DC20 : 338.91/00978
• Subject Headings:
  • 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