Grace, Stephen.

The great divide /Stephen Grace ; photography by Jim Havey. - Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (205 pages)

"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Author's note -- Prologue -- Coping with scarcity : the first Coloradans -- Gold Rush and settlement : the origins of Colorado's water laws -- Abundance in a dry land : the rise of agriculture -- Dammed and diverted : harnessing Colorado's wild rivers -- Facing limits, finding connections : the environmental movement -- Crossing the great divide : from conflict to cooperation -- About the author and photographer.



9781442247260

2021677028


Water-supply--History.--Colorado


Electronic Books.

TD224 / .G743 2015