| Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935 Contributor(s): Pisani, Donald J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520230302 ISBN-13: 9780520230309 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $68.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: "The author is a master in his field. No one until now has told so much of this story in a solidly researched, critical, and convincing fashion. This book will appeal not only to historians but also to political scientists, legal scholars, environmentalists, and others interested in public policy, federalism, and the politics of water in American society."--Norris Hundley, author of "The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, a History" "A tour de force. It deals with a critical period in which commitments were made that profoundly influenced the nation's environment. In brief case studies [Pisani] puts a human face on events and places."--Martin Ridge, author of "Writing the History of the American West and coauthor of "Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply |
| Dewey: 333.911 |
| LCCN: 2002008939 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.24" W x 9.46" (1.61 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country--shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farming communities had become by the 1930s a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West. |