Irrigated Eden the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / [electronic resource] :
Mark Fiege; foreword by William Cronon.
- Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, 1999.
- 326 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 25 cm.
- Weyerhaeuser environmental books. .
- Weyerhaeuser environmental book. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Irrigated Eden by Mark Fiege has been published with the assistance of a grant from the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Endowment, established by the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, members of the Weyerhaeuser family, and Janet and Jack Creighton. Printed in the United States of America. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. The paper used in this publication is acid-free and recycled from 10 percent post-consumer and at least 50 percent pre-consumer waste. E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape -- Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems --Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota -- Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River -- Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work -- From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape -- Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape -- Conclusion: A World in the Making.
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--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--Idaho.--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--Idaho.--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--Idaho.
Irrigation farming Irrigation farming Irrigation Irrigation Water-supply Water-supply Environmental History.