Front cover image for Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water

Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water

This history of water rights in the American West focuses on the political corruption and intrigue, including the rivalry between the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers
Print Book, English, 1986
Viking, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 1986
History
viii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780670199273, 0670199273
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A country of illusion
The Red Queen
First causes
An American Nile (I)
The Go-Go years
Rivals in crime
Dominy
An American Nile (II)
The peanut farmer and the pork barrel
Chinatown
Those who refuse to learn ..
Things fall apart
A civilization, if you can keep it
Maps on lining papers