Irrigated Eden : The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West.
Title:
Irrigated Eden : The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West.
Author:
Fiege, Mark.
ISBN:
9780295989747
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (363 pages)
Series:
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape -- 1. Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems -- 2. Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota -- 3. Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River -- 4. Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work -- 5. From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape -- 6. Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape -- Conclusion: A World in the Making -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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