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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... legislation when it did . The Reclamation Act of 1902 was a prod- uct of the 1890s , one of the darkest decades in the history of the United States . The depression of 1893–98 , a flood of European immigrants that ex- ceeded 4 million ...
... legislation when it did . The Reclamation Act of 1902 was a prod- uct of the 1890s , one of the darkest decades in the history of the United States . The depression of 1893–98 , a flood of European immigrants that ex- ceeded 4 million ...
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... legislation in the Senate. That, not the appeal of reclamation as an instrument of social reform, explains the passage of the Reclamation Act of 1902.9 By the turn of the twentieth century, Congress had plenty of experience ...
... legislation in the Senate. That, not the appeal of reclamation as an instrument of social reform, explains the passage of the Reclamation Act of 1902.9 By the turn of the twentieth century, Congress had plenty of experience ...
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... legislation's spon- sor in the House of Representatives, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada.1 The legislation directed the national government to construct irrigation projects in sixteen western states and territories. It entrusted the job ...
... legislation's spon- sor in the House of Representatives, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada.1 The legislation directed the national government to construct irrigation projects in sixteen western states and territories. It entrusted the job ...
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... legislation. They took full credit for the mea- sure. The winning of the West was vital to the Republican Party's future, and Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma were soon expected to join the union. On July 2, 1902, T. R. advised ...
... legislation. They took full credit for the mea- sure. The winning of the West was vital to the Republican Party's future, and Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma were soon expected to join the union. On July 2, 1902, T. R. advised ...
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... legislation . “ It is but natural , ” the journal editorialized , “ that the advocates of national drainage works for the vast swamp land areas . . . should look to the Reclamation Service to take charge of the work . Irrigation and ...
... legislation . “ It is but natural , ” the journal editorialized , “ that the advocates of national drainage works for the vast swamp land areas . . . should look to the Reclamation Service to take charge of the work . Irrigation and ...
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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