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9780670199273

Cadillac Desert

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  • ISBN13:

    9780670199273

  • ISBN10:

    0670199273

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1986-08-01
  • Publisher: Viking Pr
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Summary

Details the achievements of creating a desert civilization and projects on the future problems of limited groundwater reserves, silting up of reservoirs, and contamination of soil

Table of Contents

A Semidesert with a Desert Heartp. 1
A Country of Illusionp. 15
The Red Queenp. 52
First Causesp. 104
An American Nile (I)p. 120
The Go-Go Yearsp. 145
Rivals in Crimep. 169
Dominyp. 214
An American Nile (II)p. 255
The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrelp. 306
Chinatownp. 332
Those Who Refuse to Learnp. 379
Things Fall Apartp. 435
A Civilization, if You Can Keep Itp. 477
Afterword to the Revised Editionp. 496
Acknowledgmentsp. 519
Notes and Bibliographyp. 522
Indexp. 565
Illustrations follow pages 182 and 374
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