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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Water-supply--History.--Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) Water rights--History.--Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History. Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)--History. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.