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Author Summitt, April R.

Title Contested waters [electronic resource] : an environmental history of the Colorado River / April R. Summitt.

Imprint Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.

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Description xvi, 286 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. A river through time -- Conquering the wild colorado : the river before 1945 -- Farming the desert : agricultural water demands -- Saving the river : the environmental movement -- Sharing the shortage : a river in control -- Part 2. Currents of today -- The metropolis and the desert : growing cities in the west -- Owning the river : Indian water rights and settlements -- Crossing the border : us-mexico relations and the river -- The water market : banking and selling the colorado river -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Water-supply -- Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Water rights -- Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781607322016 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781607322115 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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