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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.91009767309034
EAN: 9780700604401
ISBN: 0700604405
Label: University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1990-11
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Sales Rank: 1456067
Studio: University Press of Kansas
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James Earl Sherow contends that a vast network of problems in the arid West has sprung from the mistaken notion that water is a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded. This ill-conceived approach to water development, he argues, has resulted in social problems as well as abuse of the environment. In this volume he tells the story of the inhabitants of the "Valley of Content," the High Plains section of the Arkansas River Valley, during the formative period of settlement and development. It was their desire for growth, he maintains, that spurred the construction of the very dams, reservoirs, and water conveyance structures that would ultimately undermine their success. He documents their attempts--both fanciful and fruitful--to bring the river under their control, the waves of new problems that followed each new 'solution,' and the conflict and cooperation the process engendered.
This book is part of the Development of Western Resources series.
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