| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Prologue -- Coping with scarcity : the first Coloradans -- Gold Rush and settlement : the origins of Colorado's water laws -- Abundance in a dry land : the rise of agriculture -- Dammed and diverted : harnessing Colorado's wild rivers -- Facing limits, finding connections : the environmental movement -- Crossing the great divide : from conflict to cooperation -- About the author and photographer. |
| Summary |
"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Colorado -- History.
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Colorado -- Environmental conditions -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Havey, Jim, photographer.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grace, Stephen. Great divide. Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2015] 9781442247253 |
| ISBN |
9781442247253 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9781442247253 |
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9781442247260 (e-book) |
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