In this Book
- Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- List of Maps
- pp. ix-x
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xxii
- 10. Conclusion: Retrospect and Significance
- pp. 272-296
- Abbreviations
- pp. 297-298
- Production Notes
- p. 428
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520927582
Related ISBN(s)
9780520230309
MARC Record
OCLC
53001376
Pages
408
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No