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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223327688 Title: Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West Author: Mark Fiege Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2000. ISBN/ISSN: 0295980133 9780295980133 OCLC:223327688

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

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

Author:	Mark Fiege
Publisher:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2000.
Series:	Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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 Read more...
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Mark Fiege Find more information about:
ISBN:	0295980133 9780295980133
OCLC Number:	223327688
Description:	xv, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Foreword / William Cronon -- Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape -- 1. Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems -- 2. Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota -- 3. Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River -- 4. Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work -- 5. From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape -- 6. Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape -- Conclusion: A World in the Making.
Series Title:	Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Responsibility:	Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon.

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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