Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fiege, Mark.
Imprint:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 323 p.).
Language:	English
Series:	Weyerhaeuser environmental books Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subject:	Irrigation farming -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Irrigation farming -- Idaho. Irrigation -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Irrigation -- Idaho. Water-supply -- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Water-supply -- Idaho. Irrigation. Irrigation farming. Water-supply. Idaho. United States -- Snake River Valley. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244591

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ISBN:	9780295989747 0295989742 0295977574 (alk. paper) 9780295977577 0295977574 0295980133 9780295980133
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-305) and index. English. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	"Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Flege's study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each step, nature rebounded and compromised their intended agricultural order. The result was a new and richly textured landscape made of layer upon layer of technology and intractable natural forces - one that engineers and farmers did not control with the precision they had anticipated." "Irrigated Eden is an unusual and absorbing work, important to anyone interested in western U.S. history, environmental history, or the human-nature relationship."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Irrigated Eden Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999. 0295977574 (alk. paper)

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