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.