02089nam a22003374a 4500 ebr10050792 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 020611s2002 cauabf sb s001 0 eng 2002008939 0520230302 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614696262 TC823.6 .P57 2002eb 333.91/15/0978 21 Pisani, Donald J. Water and American government [electronic resource] : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / Donald J. Pisani. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. xviii, 394 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation of land West (U.S.) History 20th century. Water-supply Government policy West (U.S.) History 20th century. West (U.S.) Economic conditions 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10050792 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 180146 180146