To Reclaim a Divided West: Water, Law, and Public Policy, 1848-1902
- ISBN-10
- 0826313809
- ISBN-13
- 9780826313805
- Category
- Business & Economics / Real Estate / General
- Pages
- 487
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Author
- Donald J. Pisani
Description
A study in government, as well as the relationship between law and economic development in the American West, beginning with fights over water in the California gold fields and looking at water management during the next 50 years. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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