To reclaim a divided West : water, law, and public policy, 1848-1902
Print Book, English, ©1992
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, ©1992
History
xx, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Introduction: government and public policy in the nineteenth century
The legal context, 1848-66: water for sale
The legal context, 1866-1902: localism and reform
Private enterprise
Retreat from Nationalism
The triumph of sectionalism: state enterprise in California, Nevada, and Colorado
Wyoming, land cession, and the "terrible nineties"
The Reclamation Act of 1902
Conclusion: the fragmented west