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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

by Marc Reisner

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Awards

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Photos.

Review:

"Reisner captures Western water history in Cinemascope and Technicolor. Cadillac Desert is timely and of national importance. Hurry up and read this book." The Washington Post

Review:

"A revealing, absorbing, often amusing, and alarming report." The New York Times Book Review

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [522]-564) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140178241
Subtitle:
The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Author:
Reisner, Marc
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Nature
Subject:
History
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
West (u.s.)
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
Water-supply
Subject:
Water resources development
Subject:
Political corruption
Subject:
Irrigation
Subject:
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
Environmental - Water Supply
Subject:
General Nature
Subject:
Irrigation -- Government policy.
Copyright:
1993
Edition Number:
Rev. and updated
Edition Description:
Revised and Upd
Series Volume:
Bd. 17
Publication Date:
June 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
582
Dimensions:
8.36x5.52x1.09 in. 1.05 lbs.
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