The Great Thirst - Californians and Water-A History, Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised ed)

The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization of farmland and open spaces, persisting despoliation of water supplies, and demands for equity in water allocation for an exploding population. People the world over confront these problems, and Hundley examines them with clarity and eloquence in the unruly laboratory of California.
The obsession with water has shaped California to a remarkable extent, literally as well as politically and culturally. Hundley tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. The desire to use, profit from, manipulate, and control water drives the people and events in this fascinating narrative until, by the end of the twentieth century, a large, colorful cast of characters and communities has wheeled and dealed, built, diverted, and connived its way to an entirely different statewide waterscape.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	July 2001
Authors:	Norris Hundley
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 53mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	822
Edition:	Revised ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-22456-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-22456-6
Barcode:	9780520224568

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