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Author

Wehr, Kevin, 1972-

Title America's fight over water [electronic resource] : the environmental and political effects of large-scale water systems / Kevin Wehr.

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New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xii, 272 p. : ill., maps.
Series	Studies in American popular history and culture
	American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index.
Contents	The fight over water in the American West -- Political and environmental sociology: the dialectic of society and nature -- Water in the American West -- In the beginning there was Boulder: a natural menace becomes a natural resource -- Grand Coulee: "mightiest thing ever built by man" -- Glen Canyon: last of the high dams -- DamNation: controlling the waters, civilizing the wilderness.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Water resources development -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies.
	Water resources development -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies.
	Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies.
	Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
	Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
	Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0415949300 (alk. paper)