He worried that the West's success with irrigation could be a mirage - that it took water for granted and didn't appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it." - Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." -Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. |1 .i133684271 |b 30004000019196 |d dhanf |g - |m |h 33 |x 1 |t 0 |i 3 |j 300 |k 201210 |n 07-01-2022 19:47 |o - |a 333."I've been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. |a Political corruption |0 |z West (U.S.) |0 |x History. |a Water resources development |x Government policy |0 |z West (U.S.) |0 |x History. |a Irrigation |0 |x Government policy |0 |z West (U.S.) |0 |x History.
|a viii, 582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps |c 25 cm |a Cadillac desert : |b the American West and its disappearing water / |c Marc Reisner.
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