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Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 252, 32. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826349453
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GF504 .R456 2011
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Early cultures -- Newcomers to the land -- A new U.S. regime -- The river pushes back -- Conquest of the river by science and law -- Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact -- Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande -- Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande -- Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give? -- The future of an old river.
Subject: This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Roots of the Rio Grande in deep time -- Early cultures -- Newcomers to the land -- A new U.S. regime -- The river pushes back -- Conquest of the river by science and law -- Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact -- Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande -- Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande -- Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give? -- The future of an old river.

This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.

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