Irrigated Eden
the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West
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Author
Publication
1999 - University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,750 words, Guess
Page Count
323 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL387391M
- ISBN-100295977574
- OCLC Control Number40408720
- OCLC Control Numberirrigatededenmak0000fieg
- Library of Congress Control Number98050247
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- Goodreads2986331
- LibraryThing664016
Classifications
- DDC333.91/3/097961
- LCCS616.U6 F54 1999
Description
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.
First Sentence
My understanding of Idaho's irrigated landscape began to take shape on a summer day in 1990.
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Series Statement
- Weyerhaeuser environmental books
Other Editions
- Irrigated Eden: the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West
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