Norris Hundley, Jr.
Water and the West
The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in the American West
Second Edition
A Stephen Bechtel Fund Book in Ecology and the Environment
$60.00, £41.95 hardcover
9780520260108
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$24.95, £16.95 paperback
9780520260115
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433 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 7 maps, 6 tables
May 2009, Available worldwide
Also in: Natural History: Water; California & Western History
May 2009, Available worldwide
Also in: Natural History: Water; California & Western History
Back in print for the first time in over ten years, this classic account of the numerous struggles—national, state, and local—that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s is thoroughly expanded and updated to trace the continuing battles raging over the West's most valuable, and contentious, resource.
"Vivid. . . . A well-documented case study of how not to go about making public policy." Western Political Quarterly
"Water is today, as it was when the first edition of this book appeared 35 years ago, among mankind's greatest concerns—a problem that remains a crisis of worldwide importance. . . . This book is about the greatest conflict over water in the American west. To be more precise, it is primarily a book about an alleged peace treaty, the Colorado River Compact. But like most books about peace, it is really an account of war."—Norris Hundley, Jr., from the new preface
Preface to the 2009 Edition
1. Dreamers and Planters
2. Imperial Joins the Crusade
3. The League and the Law
4. A Call for Diplomacy
5. Power Sets the Stage
6. Stalemate
7. Dividing the Waters
8. Ratification Battles
9. Arizona v. California
Epilogue
Appendix: The Colorado River Compact
Bibliography
Index
1. Dreamers and Planters
2. Imperial Joins the Crusade
3. The League and the Law
4. A Call for Diplomacy
5. Power Sets the Stage
6. Stalemate
7. Dividing the Waters
8. Ratification Battles
9. Arizona v. California
Epilogue
Appendix: The Colorado River Compact
Bibliography
Index
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