Western Times and Water Wars : State, Culture, and Rebellion in California
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| Title: | Western Times and Water Wars : State, Culture, and Rebellion in California |
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| Description: | Western Times and Water Wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is a microcosm of the development of the American West.Many titles in the Voices Revived program are also newly available as ebooks, offered at a discounted price to support wider access to scholarly work. |
| Authors: | John Walton |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Water rights--California--Los Angeles--History, Frontier and pioneer life--California--Owens Valley, Social movements--California--Owens Valley--History, Water rights--California--Owens Valley--History, Paiute Indians--History, Water |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), NATURE / Ecology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Western Times and Water Wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is a microcosm of the development of the American West.Many titles in the Voices Revived program are also newly available as ebooks, offered at a discounted price to support wider access to scholarly work.</DIV |
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| ISBN: | 9780520084537 9780520072459 9780520914537 |
