Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935
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Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country--shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farming communities...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520230302
ISBN13:9780520230309
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:408 Pages
Weight:1.61 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.5"
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