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Reining in the Rio Grande : People, Land, and Water.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826349453
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reining in the Rio GrandeDDC classification:
  • 363.6/1097644
LOC classification:
  • GF504.S685 P47 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Cochiti Pueblo and a Changing River -- I: Roots of the Rio Grande in Deep Time -- II: Early Cultures -- III: Newcomers to the Land -- IV: A New U.S. Regime -- V: The River Pushes Back -- VI: Conquest of the River by Science and Law -- VII: Big Dams, Irrigation Districts, and a Compact -- VIII: Mount Reynolds on the Middle Rio Grande -- Color Plates -- IX: Shifting Values, New Forces on the Rio Grande -- X: Fulfilling Rio Grande Demands: What Has to Give? -- XI: The Future of an Old River -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: 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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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Cochiti Pueblo and a Changing River -- I: Roots of the Rio Grande in Deep Time -- II: Early Cultures -- III: Newcomers to the Land -- IV: A New U.S. Regime -- V: The River Pushes Back -- VI: Conquest of the River by Science and Law -- VII: Big Dams, Irrigation Districts, and a Compact -- VIII: Mount Reynolds on the Middle Rio Grande -- Color Plates -- IX: Shifting Values, New Forces on the Rio Grande -- X: Fulfilling Rio Grande Demands: What Has to Give? -- XI: The Future of an Old River -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

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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