America's Fight Over Water

America's Fight Over Water
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781135932497
ISBN-13 : 1135932492
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Book Synopsis America's Fight Over Water by : Kevin Wehr

Download or read book America's Fight Over Water written by Kevin Wehr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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