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Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future
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Lieu : Carson City, Nevada, États-Unis
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9780762770656
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Dam Nation : How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science, History, Social Science
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Topic
- Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Regional Studies, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Natural Resources
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Information
A compelling book about the water crisis facing the West, grounded in history and important for residents as well as readers nationwide. This narrative weaves together the stories of human folly and grandiose endeavor that shaped the states and reveal the background of the critical economic and political issue that is how water is used and misused today.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0762770651
ISBN-13
9780762770656
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110888118
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dam Nation : How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Regional Studies, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Natural Resources
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science, History, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews A concerned, observant "citizen of the West" spins tales of our chronic mismanagement of the only natural resource for which there's no alternative: water. The American West's relentless aridity doomed civilizations for centuries. Nevertheless, thanks to gold fever, Manifest Destiny and the railroads, the Great American Desert began filling up with people, entirely, it seems, without regard for limits to expansion imposed by the lack of precipitation. Today, we know better than to think "rain follows the plow," but we don't appear even close to developing a water sustainability program to keep cities like Las Vegas, Denver and Phoenix from drying up. Claiming no special expertise-indeed, the West's water story cuts across too many disciplines for even specialists to wholly absorb-Grace ( Shanghai: Life, Love and Infrastructure in China's City of the Future , 2010, etc.) has nevertheless traveled widely and read broadly. He effectively, even humorously at times, captures the highlights of the West's liquid history: the engineering wonders (and unintentional consequences) of New Dealera dam projects; the tortuous web of law, regulations, treaties and compacts that govern Western water rights; and the political, bureaucratic and industrial power grabs that have accompanied all reclamation projects. The author covers a lot of territory: geologist John Wesley Powell's prescient observations and recommendations for watershed communities; the hydro-skullduggery that accounts for the city of Los Angeles; the winding tale of the Colorado, "the world's most heavily litigated river"; the ongoing depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer; the rise and demise of the Bureau of Reclamation; the industrial and agricultural tainting of our water; and our meager efforts to conserve or create more by desalination and cloud seeding. Westerners long accustomed to the region's water scarcity will discover nothing new here, but Grace's dispatches will likely strike those east of the 100th meridian as from another country. Though squarely on the side of environmental prudence, Grace is neither preachy nor accusatory in his descriptions of an impending tragedy and the need for action. ForeWord Reviews No one reading this book will ever look at a glass of water the same way again-especially if they live in the West. Water determined how the West was settled and populated and, as the author graphically chronicles, will influence how this massive western third of the United States will be challenged in the future. As the mountain snowpack diminishes, thriving cities and communities must prudently reassess their water needs and practices and control their own supplies, especially those in sun belt states and arid zones. Stephen Grace presents an engaging, easily palatable crash-course in the complex history of water in the West. Many factors are at work-politics, railroads, agriculture, city-building, mining, recreation, and the energy industry-making water rights a complex issue as the rivers flow southward. --Karl Kunkel, Kirkus Reviews A concerned, observant "citizen of the West" spins tales of our chronic mismanagement of the only natural resource for which there's no alternative: water. The American West's relentless aridity doomed civilizations for centuries. Nevertheless, thanks to gold fever, Manifest Destiny and the railroads, the Great American Desert began filling up with people, entirely, it seems, without regard for limits to expansion imposed by the lack of precipitation. Today, we know better than to think "rain follows the plow," but we don't appear even close to developing a water sustainability program to keep cities like Las Vegas, Denver and Phoenix from drying up. Claiming no special expertise--indeed, the West's water story cuts across too many disciplines for even specialists to wholly absorb--Grace ( Shanghai: Life, Love and Infrastructure in China's City of the Future , 2010, etc.) has nevertheless traveled widely and read broadly. He effectively, even humorously at times, captures the highlights of the West's liquid history: the engineering wonders (and unintentional consequences) of New Deal-era dam projects; the tortuous web of law, regulations, treaties and compacts that govern Western water rights; and the political, bureaucratic and industrial power grabs that have accompanied all reclamation projects. The author covers a lot of territory: geologist John Wesley Powell's prescient observations and recommendations for watershed communities; the hydro-skullduggery that accounts for the city of Los Angeles; the winding tale of the Colorado, "the world's most heavily litigated river"; the ongoing depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer; the rise and demise of the Bureau of Reclamation; the industrial and agricultural tainting of our water; and our meager efforts to conserve or create more by desalination and cloud seeding. Westerners long accustomed to the region's water scarcity will discover nothing new here, but Grace's dispatches will likely strike those east of the 100th meridian as from another country. Though squarely on the side of environmental prudence, Grace is neither preachy nor accusatory in his descriptions of an impending tragedy and the need for action. ForeWord Reviews No one reading this book will ever look at a glass of water the same way again--especially if they live in the West. Water determined how the West was settled and populated and, as the author graphically chronicles, will influence how this massive western third of the United States will be challenged in the future. As the mountain snowpack diminishes, thriving cities and communities must prudently reassess their water needs and practices and control their own supplies, especially those in sun belt states and arid zones. Stephen Grace presents an engaging, easily palatable crash-course in the complex history of water in the West. Many factors are at work--politics, railroads, agriculture, city-building, mining, recreation, and the energy industry--making water rights a complex issue as the rivers flow southward. --Karl Kunkel In his most recent book, Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine its Future , Grace acts as both poet of Western wilderness and a knowledgeable translator of water policy. High Country News
Lccn
2012-003167
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
333.9100958
Lc Classification Number
Td223.6.G73 2012
Copyright Date
2012
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