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- 9780140178241
- Book Title
- Cadillac Desert Pt. 1 : the American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Environmental / Water Supply, Corruption & Misconduct, Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Agriculture / Irrigation, Natural Resources
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 17.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 672 Pages
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"I've been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West's success with irrigation could be a mirage -- that it took water for granted and didn't appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it." - Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times , January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140178244
ISBN-13
9780140178241
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74497
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cadillac Desert Pt. 1 : the American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Environmental / Water Supply, Corruption & Misconduct, Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Agriculture / Irrigation, Natural Resources
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd1739.A17r45 1993
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Masterful. . .Among the most influential environmental books published by an American since Silent Spring ." --San Francisco Examiner "Essential background reading for anyone who cares about the drought ravaging the West and the region's prospects for changing course before it is too late." --Mark Hertsgaard, The Daily Beast "Timely and of national interest. . . . Resiner captures Western water history in Cinemascope and Technicolor. . . . lawmakers, taxpayers, hurry up and read this book." --The Washington Post "The scale of this book is as staggering as that of Hoover Dam. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, it spans our century-long effort to moisten the arid West. . . . Anyone thinking of moving west of the hundredth meridian should read this book before they call their real estate agent." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A revealing, absorbing, often amusing and alarming report on where billions of [taxpayers'] dollars have gone-- and where a lot more are going . . . [Reisner] has put the story together in trenchant form." --The New York Times Book Review
Table of Content
Introduction: A Semidesert with a Desert Heart Chapter One: A Country of Illusion Chapter Two: The Red Queen Chapter Three: First Causes Chapter Four: An American Nile (I) Chapter Five: The Go-Go Years Chapter Six: Rivals in Crime Chapter Seven: Dominy Chapter Eight: An American Nile (II) Chapter Nine: The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrel Chapter Ten: Chinatown Chapter Eleven: Those Who Refuse to Learn... Chapter Twelve: Things Fall Apart Epilogue: A Civilization, If You Can Keep It Afterword to the Revised Edition Acknowledgments Notes and Bibliography Index
Lccn
87-007602
Dewey Decimal
333.910
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Trade
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Yes
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- Apr 05, 2016Top favourable review
good book
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- Jan 03, 2007
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
- Jun 10, 2009
great account of history & politics of western water
- Mar 01, 2007
Great book to get an insight about western civilization
- Jan 18, 2021
If greed and political power had been reined in, we wouldn't be facing the crises that are looming.
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