Land of the underground rain: irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970,
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| Author / Creator: | Green, Donald Edward, 1936- |
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| Imprint: | Austin, University of Texas Press [1973] |
| Description: | xvii, 295 p. illus. 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2236810 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Barrier to Settlement
- 2. The Western Irrigation Movement and the Great Plains
- 3. Water Resources of the Southern High Plains
- 4. The Adaptation of Pump Irrigation Technology to the Great Plains
- 5. Land Speculators and the Beginnings of Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1900-1910
- 6. The Land Speculator as a Promoter and Developer of Irrigation on the Texas High Plains
- 7. Early Failure of Pump Irrigation, 1910-1920
- 8. Dust Bowl, New Deal, and the Revival of Irrigation
- 9. The Expansion of Irrigation, 1940-1960
- 10. The Problem of Ground-Water Conservation
- 11. The Contemporary High Plains
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
