Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black.
2011
GF504.S685 P47 2011eb
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Title
Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black.
ISBN
9780826349453 (electronic bk.)
0826349455 (electronic bk.)
9780826349439
0826349439
0826349447
9780826349446
0826349455 (electronic bk.)
9780826349439
0826349439
0826349447
9780826349446
Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 252, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Call Number
GF504.S685 P47 2011eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)911492542
Summary
This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Roots of the Rio Grande in deep time
Early cultures
Newcomers to the land
A new U.S. regime
The river pushes back
Conquest of the river by science and law
Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact
Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande
Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande
Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give?
The future of an old river.
Early cultures
Newcomers to the land
A new U.S. regime
The river pushes back
Conquest of the river by science and law
Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact
Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande
Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande
Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give?
The future of an old river.
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Print version: Phillips, Fred M. (Fred Melville). Reining in the Rio Grande
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