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Summitt, April R.

Contested waters an environmental history of the Colorado River / [electronic resource] : April R. Summitt. - Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013. - xvi, 286 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--History.--Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)
Water rights--History.--Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History.
Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)--History.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F788 / .S89 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 979.1/3