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ISBN10: 0140178244, ISBN13: 9780140178241, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover Paperback. "Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—"St. Louis Post-Dispatch." This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West. Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Photos. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Penguin (Non-Classics), Date: 1993. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "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. Reisner anticipated this moment. 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. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new ...

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ISBN10: 0140178244, ISBN13: 9780140178241, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Softcover Marc Reisner worked for many years at the Natural Resources Defense Council. In 1979, he received an Alicia J. Patterson Journalism Fellowship and began the research for Cadillac Desert.&#160He was also the author of Game Wars: The Underco.
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Penguin Books, Date: 1993. Paperback. New. revised edition. 608 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. 1993. Penguin Books ISBN 0140178244 9780140178241 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0140178244, ISBN13: 9780140178241, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Softcover Marc Reisner worked for many years at the Natural Resources Defense Council. In 1979, he received an Alicia J. Patterson Journalism Fellowship and began the research for Cadillac Desert.&#160He was also the author of Game Wars: The Underco.
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ISBN10: 0140178244, ISBN13: 9780140178241, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover Paperback. "Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—"St. Louis Post-Dispatch." This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West. Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Photos. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 0140178244, ISBN13: 9780140178241, [publisher: Penguin Books, New York] Softcover 633pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; illustrated wraps. revised and updated edition; later printing.
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[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

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