Download or read book The Bureau of Reclamation written by William D. Rowley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brief History of the Bureau of Reclamation written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bureau of Reclamation Origins and growth to 1945 written by William D. Rowley and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On cover: Reclamation, Managing Water in the West. Tells the history of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1902-1945.
Download or read book Dams and Public Safety written by Robert B. Jansen and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cadillac Desert written by Marc Reisner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Download or read book The Bureau of Reclamation written by Brit Allan Storey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bureau of Reclamation written by Interior Department and published by Reclamation Bureau. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE Significantly reduced list price The second volume of the history of the Bureau of Reclamation offers a discussion and examination of the eventful years in the latter part ofthe twentieth century. Volume two covers from the end of World War II through year 2000 and is the last volume in this project. "
Download or read book Water and American Government written by Donald J. Pisani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States, shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself.
Download or read book Concrete Revolution written by Christopher Sneddon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water may seem innocuous, but as a universal necessity, it inevitably intersects with politics when it comes to acquisition, control, and associated technologies. While we know a great deal about the socioecological costs and benefits of modern dams, we know far less about their political origins and ramifications. In Concrete Revolution, Christopher Sneddon offers a corrective: a compelling historical account of the US Bureau of Reclamation’s contributions to dam technology, Cold War politics, and the social and environmental adversity perpetuated by the US government in its pursuit of economic growth and geopolitical power. Founded in 1902, the Bureau became enmeshed in the US State Department’s push for geopolitical power following World War II, a response to the Soviet Union’s increasing global sway. By offering technical and water resource management advice to the world’s underdeveloped regions, the Bureau found that it could not only provide them with economic assistance and the United States with investment opportunities, but also forge alliances and shore up a country’s global standing in the face of burgeoning communist influence. Drawing on a number of international case studies—from the Bureau’s early forays into overseas development and the launch of its Foreign Activities Office in 1950 to the Blue Nile investigation in Ethiopia—Concrete Revolution offers insights into this historic damming boom, with vital implications for the present. If, Sneddon argues, we can understand dams as both technical and political objects rather than instruments of impartial science, we can better participate in current debates about large dams and river basin planning.
Download or read book The History of Large Federal Dams written by David P. Billington and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the story of Federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction.
Download or read book Reclamation Managing Water in the West The Bureau of Reclamation History Essays from the Centennial Symposium Volume 2 2008 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deadbeat Dams written by Daniel P. Beard and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Beard is the former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and knows the inside story of the waste of taxpayer money. The Bureau is responsible for building and operating water projects across the West, such as Hoover, Glen Canyon and Grand Coulee Dams.
Download or read book Dams Dynamos and Development written by Toni Rae Linenberger and published by Reclamation Bureau. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the history of the Bureau of Reclamation's hydropower program in the Western United States.
Download or read book Reclamation Project Data written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bureau of Reclamation written by U. S. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 18-19, 2002, the Bureau of Reclamation and Department of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hosted a symposium on the history of Reclamation. The symposium was held in conjunction with the Bureau's centennial anniversary birthday party at Hoover Dam. Reclamation's history is a rich tapestry filled with the politics, colorful personalities, and the unique character of the West. It is marked by engineering accomplishments and economic growth woven into the tapestry of western water development and delivery. These essays prepared for Reclamation's history symposium in 2002 add new dimensions to the story of Reclamation. For this unique book reproduction, the enormous set comprising this work has been divided into two parts. Contents of Part 2: 1. Boulder Dam Recreation Area: The Bureau of Reclamation, the National Park Service, and the Origins of the National Recreation Area Concept at Lake Mead, 1929-1936 * 2. Hydroelectric Power From Ekiutna: Reclamation Efforts to Develop Southcentral Alaska During the Cold War Era * 3. The Central Valley Project: Controversies Surrounding Reclamation's Largest Project * 4. Bumpy Road For Glen Canyon Dam * 5. The Indian Camp Dam Controversy: The Real Beanfield War * 6. Hydropolitics in the Far Southwest: Carl Hayden, Arizona, and the Fight for the Central Arizona Project * 7. Federal Reclamation in the Twentieth Century: A Centennial Retrospective * 8. A Tale of Two Commissioners: Frederick Newell and Floyd Dominy * 9. One Hundred Years of the Bureau of Reclamation: Looking from the Outside In * 10. From the Colorado River to the Nile and Beyond: A Century of Reclamation's International Activities * 11. Farms for Veterans: Reclamation Settlement Policies and Results Following the World Wars * 12. From Water to Water and Power: The Changing Charge of the Bureau of Reclamation * 13. Just Add Water: Reclamation Projects and Development Fantasies in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River * 14. The Bureau of Reclamation and the Civilian Conservation Corps: A Legacy Revealed * 15. Lee's Ferry, the Colorado River, and the Development of the Bureau of Reclamation * 16. Memoirs of a Bureau Curmudgeon: Unabridged Version - Politically Incorrect * 17. The State of Nature and the Nature of the State: Imperialism Challenged at Glen Canyon * 18. Writing Water in the West: Reclaiming the Language of Reclamation
Download or read book Glen Canyon Dammed written by Jared Farmer and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focusing on the saddening, maddening example of Glen Canyon, Jared Farmer traces the history of exploration and development in the Four Corners region, discusses the role of tourism in changing the face of the West, and shows how the "invention" of Lake Powell has served multiple needs. He also seeks to identify the point at which change becomes loss: How do people deal with losing places they love? How are we to remember or restore lost places?"--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Markets for Federal Water written by Richard W. Wahl and published by Resources for the Future. This book was released on 1989 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
