Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935Donald 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 had become by the 1930s a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West. |
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Page xi
... flood control, and hydroelectric power intersected; Congress preferred to treat different uses of water discretely, but they were closely related. A second goal is to demon- strate that water policy often obliterated boundaries between ...
... flood control, and hydroelectric power intersected; Congress preferred to treat different uses of water discretely, but they were closely related. A second goal is to demon- strate that water policy often obliterated boundaries between ...
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... flood of European immigrants that ex- ceeded 4 million for the decade , the spectacular growth of American cities , the expansion of tenant farming , and the proliferation of large institutions , including the manufacturing corporation ...
... flood of European immigrants that ex- ceeded 4 million for the decade , the spectacular growth of American cities , the expansion of tenant farming , and the proliferation of large institutions , including the manufacturing corporation ...
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... flood control , and the drainage of wet- lands were state , local , and private concerns . Hydroelectric power played no part in government water planning , and flood control was a relatively minor consideration . Much changed during ...
... flood control , and the drainage of wet- lands were state , local , and private concerns . Hydroelectric power played no part in government water planning , and flood control was a relatively minor consideration . Much changed during ...
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... flood rather than furrow irrigation.23 Two kinds of reclamation bills appeared before Congress in 1906: those authorizing specific drainage projects and those providing for wetland recla- mation throughout the nation. Senator Henry C ...
... flood rather than furrow irrigation.23 Two kinds of reclamation bills appeared before Congress in 1906: those authorizing specific drainage projects and those providing for wetland recla- mation throughout the nation. Senator Henry C ...
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... flood land . He entrusted all work to the Reclamation Service , bypassing the Army Corps of Engineers and the Office of Irrigation Investigations . Forestry and Irrigation , part of the Forest Service and Reclamation Service's ...
... flood land . He entrusted all work to the Reclamation Service , bypassing the Army Corps of Engineers and the Office of Irrigation Investigations . Forestry and Irrigation , part of the Forest Service and Reclamation Service's ...
Contents
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Federal Reclamation 19021909 | 32 |
Twin Falls and Rupert | 65 |
Federal Reclamation 19091917 | 96 |
Federal Reclamation 19171935 | 123 |
The Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs | 154 |
Illustrations | 180 |
The Yakima and the Pima | 181 |
The Strange Career of Public Power | 202 |
Water Politics 19201935 | 235 |
Retrospect and Significance | 272 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 297 |
NOTES | 299 |
INDEX | 389 |
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