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Author:   Jason Robison ,  Daniel McCool ,  Thomas Minckley ,  Charles Wilkinson
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520375796

ISBN 10:   0520375793
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   27 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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"List of Figures and Maps Foreword Charles Wilkinson Introduction: The ""Great Unknown"" PART I: WATER 1. Strange Resurrection: The Fall and Rise of John Wesley Powell Louis S. Warren and Rachel St. John 2. Communitarianism in Western Water Law and Policy: Was Powell’s Vision Lost? Robert W. Adler 3. Common Water Commonwealth: The Paradox of a Shared Resource Amorina Lee-Martinez and Patricia Limerick 4. Powell's Legacy—The Bureau of Reclamation and the Contemporary West: Water Exchanges Robert Glennon PART II: PUBLIC LANDS 5. John Wesley Powell and the National Park Idea: Preserving Colorado River Basin Public Lands Robert B. Keiter 6. Who Is the ""Public"" on the Colorado River Basin's Public Lands? Paul Hirt 7. Powell as Unwitting Godfather of Outdoor Recreation in the Great Unknown Emilene Ostlind 8. Stewart Udall, John Wesley Powell, and the Emergence of a National American Commons William deBuys PART III: NATIVE AMERICANS 9. ""We Must Either Protect Him or Destroy Him"" Weston C. McCool and Daniel C. McCool 10. ""Pastoral and Civilized"": Water, Land, and Tribes in the Colorado River Basin Autumn L. Bernhardt 11. Civilizing Public Land Management in the Colorado River Basin Daniel Cordalis and Amy Cordalis 12. John Wesley Powell’s Land and Water Policies and Southwestern Native American Agricultural Practices William J. Gribb Afterword John C. Schmidt References Contributors Index"

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Jason Robison is Professor of Law at the University of Wyoming and coauthor of Law of Water Rights and Resources. Daniel McCool is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah, author of River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America's Rivers, and coauthor of Native Vote: American Indians, the Voting Rights Act, and the Right to Vote Thomas Minckley is Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming and principal organizer and leader of the 150th anniversary Powell Expedition project, the Sesquicentennial Colorado River Exploring Expedition (SCREE).

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