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Rivers of Empire
This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals.
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This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals.
| ISBN / EAN | 9780195078060 |
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| Auteur | Worster, Donald (Meyerhoff Professor of American Environmental Studies, Meyerhoff Professor of American Environmental Studies, Brandeis University) |
| Editeur | Oxford University Press Inc |