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LEADER: 02023cam a22003254a 4500
001 2002008939
003 DLC
005 20041208164423.0
008 020611s2002 cauabf b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2002008939
020 $a0520230302 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aTC823.6$b.P57 2002
082 00 $a333.91/15/0978$221
100 1 $aPisani, Donald J.
245 10 $aWater and American government :$bthe Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 /$cDonald J. Pisani.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2002.
300 $axviii, 394 p., [10] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSaving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bBureau of Reclamation.
650 0 $aReclamation of land$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xEconomic conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aWater-supply$xGovernment policy$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y20th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2002008939.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d4j9-aa
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002008939.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002008939.html