Rivers of empire : water, aridity, and the growth of the American West
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Rivers of empire : water, aridity, and the growth of the American West
Oxford University, 1992
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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.
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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
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Index
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