Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935University of California Press, 2002 M12 31 - 408 pages Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country—shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farming communities had become by the 1930s a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West. |
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... Yakima and the Pima / 181 8. Wiring the New West The Strange Career of Public Power / 9. Gateway to the Hydraulic Age Water Politics , 1920-1935 / 235 10. Conclusion 202 This page intentionally left blank maps 1. Major U.S. rivers.
... Yakima and the Pima / 181 8. Wiring the New West The Strange Career of Public Power / 9. Gateway to the Hydraulic Age Water Politics , 1920-1935 / 235 10. Conclusion 202 This page intentionally left blank maps 1. Major U.S. rivers.
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... Yakima Project opened, he risked his entire savings, $2,500, as a down payment on nineteen acres near Prosser priced at $7,000. He then borrowed $300 from friends to get started. Initially, the farm had no improvements save for a three ...
... Yakima Project opened, he risked his entire savings, $2,500, as a down payment on nineteen acres near Prosser priced at $7,000. He then borrowed $300 from friends to get started. Initially, the farm had no improvements save for a three ...
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... Yakima Project during the mid - 1920s , and apparently , all prospered.32 For all the Reclamation Service's successes , there were far more failures— though few of them made the pages of the Reclamation Record ( later New Recla- mation ...
... Yakima Project during the mid - 1920s , and apparently , all prospered.32 For all the Reclamation Service's successes , there were far more failures— though few of them made the pages of the Reclamation Record ( later New Recla- mation ...
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... Yakima Valley, in Washington. Congress had granted the Northern Pacific Railroad 17.5 million acres in Montana and another 11 million acres in Washington.49 In 1900, the Northern Pacific still held 13,450,816 acres in Montana, and mil ...
... Yakima Valley, in Washington. Congress had granted the Northern Pacific Railroad 17.5 million acres in Montana and another 11 million acres in Washington.49 In 1900, the Northern Pacific still held 13,450,816 acres in Montana, and mil ...
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... Yakima Project in Washington State . All but the Washington project were spectacular failures . “ Some of the projects would have never been considered if it had not been for the influence of those who helped secure the law , ” Elwood ...
... Yakima Project in Washington State . All but the Washington project were spectacular failures . “ Some of the projects would have never been considered if it had not been for the influence of those who helped secure the law , ” Elwood ...
Contents
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Federal Reclamation 19021909 | 32 |
Twin Falls and Rupert | 65 |
Federal Reclamation 19091917 | 96 |
Federal Reclamation 19171935 | 123 |
The Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs | 154 |
Illustrations | 180 |
The Yakima and the Pima | 181 |
The Strange Career of Public Power | 202 |
Water Politics 19201935 | 235 |
Retrospect and Significance | 272 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 297 |
NOTES | 299 |
INDEX | 389 |
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