Overview
"Water--or the lack of it--has profoundly shaped the settlement patterns, economic development, and political dynamics of the arid American West. On Idaho's Snake River Plain, the irrigation process has been particularly complex, influenced by local and national politics as well as geographic geography and technology. Throughout two decades, decisions surrounding water use shaped the state's settlement patterns, economic development, and political dynamics. Author Hugh T. Lovin researched and published insightful articles on the topic in a wide array of scholarly journals. These selected essays offer a thorough examination of the transformation and controversy related to the region's irrigation.Encouraged by the Carey Act of 1894, settlers flocked to the Idaho desert. Bureau agents and speculators followed. Lovin explores their efforts to farm, promote, and irrigate, covering successes and failures of key players. He discusses related federal policies, the New West reclamation tragedy near Twin Falls, the King Hill project, the fight to divert Yellowstone water, and more. Idaho historian Adam Sowards' valuable introduction sets Lovin's work in context and concludes, ""No one knows irrigation better than Hugh Lovin, and the essays included here are gems of historical research."
Full Product Details
Author: Hugh T. Lovin ,
Adam M. Sowards ,
Judy Austin ,
Jeffrey Lovin
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Imprint: Washington State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780874223538
ISBN 10: 0874223539
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 06 November 2017
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Taken together, [Lovin's essays] represent the most detailed, well-researched, and comprehensive account of the development and evolution of irrigation on the Snake River Plain. Perhaps the most important contribution this book will make is its underlying arguments and analysis about federalism, corruption, and environmental challenge. --Laura Woodworth-Ney, Executive Vice President and Provost, Professor of History, Idaho State University
Author Information
Hugh T. Lovin (1928-2014), was a fourth-generation Idahoan and Boise State University history professor from 1966 through 1993. He earned a master's degree in history at Washington State University, and a PhD at the University of Washington. He was the editor of Labor and the West, an anthology published by Sunflower University Press, and wrote for many different historical journals. Professor Adam Sowards is the Director of the University of Idaho's Program in Pacific Northwest Studies. He is an environmental historian who focuses on North America, especially the West, and is affiliate faculty with American Indian Studies, Environmental Science, Water Resources and American Studies at the University of Idaho.
