Water, Land, and Law in the West

The Limits of Public Policy, 1850-1920

• Author(s): Donald J. Pisani,
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Pages: 273
• ISBN_10: 0700607951
  ISBN_13: 9780700607952
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) , Law / Land Use , Law / Natural Resources , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Nature / Natural Resources , Political Science / American Government / General ,

Description:... The series presents an interdisciplinary approach to the use and misuse of resources in the American West. This volume comprises essays written between 1982 and 1994, and previously published in journals such as Western Historical Quarterly, J. of American History, and Environmental History Review). Pisani, one of the nation's leading environmental and Western historians, highlights the central role played by land, water, and timber allocation in the American West, and shows how efforts to achieve justice and efficiency were compromised by the region's obsession with achieving rapid economic growth. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR