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Author Fiege, Mark.

Title Irrigated Eden [electronic resource] : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / Mark Fiege; foreword by William Cronon.

Imprint Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, 1999.

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 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 326 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 25 cm.
Series Weyerhaeuser environmental books.
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note Irrigated Eden by Mark Fiege has been published with the assistance of a grant from the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Endowment, established by the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, members of the Weyerhaeuser family, and Janet and Jack Creighton.
Printed in the United States of America.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
The paper used in this publication is acid-free and recycled from 10 percent post-consumer and at least 50 percent pre-consumer waste.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
Contents Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape -- Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems --Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota -- Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River -- Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work -- From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape -- Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape -- Conclusion: A World in the Making.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Subject Irrigation farming -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming -- Idaho.
Irrigation -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation -- Idaho.
Water-supply -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Water-supply -- Idaho.
Environmental History.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Added Author Cronon, William
American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 0295977574 paper
9780295989747 paper
Standard No. 2027/heb33016 hdl

 
    
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