America's Fight Over Water: The Environmental and Political Effects of Large-Scale Water Systems
Author:   Kevin Wehr (California State University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415645805


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 September 2012
Format:   Paperback
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This book inquires into the relations between society and its natural environment by examining the historical discourse around several cases of state building in the American West: the construction of three high dams from 1928 to 1963.

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Author:   Kevin Wehr (California State University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780415645805


ISBN 10:   0415645808
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 September 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part One: Departures 1. Introduction 2. Political and Environmental Sociology: The Möbias Strip of Society and Nature 3. Water in the American West Part Two: Investigations 4. In the Beginning There was Boulder: A Natural Menace Becomes a Natural Resource 5. Grand Coulee: 'Mightiest Thing Ever Built by Man' 6. Glen Canyon: Last of the High Dams 7. Conclusion: Toward an Arrival. Maps. References.

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Kevin Wehr is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the California State University, Sacramento.

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