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01962aam a22003974a 4500 001 1805CCAA669F11E6BC78B878DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160820010703 008 040302s2004 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2004005112 020 $a 9780415949309 020 $a 0415949300 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)54759222 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-nv $a n-us-wa $a n-us-nv 050 00 $a HD1695 W4 W38 2004 082 00 $a 333.91/62/0979 $2 22 100 1 $a Wehr, Kevin, $d 1972- 245 10 $a America's fight over water : $b the environmental and political effects of large-scale water systems / $c Kevin Wehr. 260 $a New York : $b Routledge, $c 2004. 300 $a xii, 272 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in American popular history and culture 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-264) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the fight over water in the American West -- Political and environmental sociology: the dialectic of society and nature -- Water in the American west -- In the beginning there was Boulder: a natural menace becomes a natural resource -- Grand Coulee: "mightiest thing ever built by man" -- Glen Canyon: last of the high dams -- Damnation: controlling the waters, civilizing the wilderness. 650 0 $a Water resources development $x Political aspects $z West (U.S.) $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Water resources development $x Social aspects $z West (U.S.) $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Water resources development $x Environmental aspects $z West (U.S.) $v Case studies. 651 0 $a Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.) 651 0 $a Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) 651 0 $a Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) 830 0 $a American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm)) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820081128.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1805CCAA669F11E6BC78B878DAD10320 994 $a X0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search