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Author:

Bessire, Lucas, author.

Title:

Running out : in search of water on the High Plains / Lucas Bessire.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xiv, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Subject:

High Plains Aquifer.
Groundwater--High Plains (U.S.)
Water-supply--Social aspects--High Plains (U.S.)
High Plains (U.S.)--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index.

Summary:

This book -- the first ethnography of water conservation on the Great Plains -- provides an account of High Plains aquifer decline through an exploration of the different ways in which heartland residents inhabit and understand the imminent depletion of groundwater. This literary ethnography offers a vividly sketched look into the lives and stories of this community, based on interviews with members of the community such as fellow farmers and state regulators, woven together with historical data, journalistic documentation, and Bessire's personal reflections of his family's lived experiences. (Five generations of the author's family have lived in the region as farmers and ranchers.)-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0691212643
9780691212647

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201300904

LCCN:

2020049898

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)