Format:
xxx, 208 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
23 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition
ISBN:
9780816532056
,
9780816522231
,
0816532052
Series Statement:
Environmental history of the borderlands
Content:
"The environmental history of the Colorado River delta during the past century is one of the most important - and most neglected - stories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Content:
"Border Oasis tells how two very different nations developed the delta into an agricultural oasis at enormous environmental cost. Focusing on the years 1940 to 1975 - including the disastrous salinity crisis of the 1960s and 1970s - it combines Mexican, Native American, and U.S. perspectives to demonstrate that the political and diplomatic influences on the delta played as much a part in the region's transformation as did irrigation. Ward reveals how mistrust among political and economic participants has been fueled by conflict between national and local officials on both sides of the border, by Mexican nationalism, and by a mutual recognition that water is the critical ingredient for regional economic development."--University of Arizona Press website
Content:
Introduction : An International Wedding -- The Twentieth-Century Ghost of William Walker -- "Our 'Good Neighbors'" -- Saline Solutions -- Water and the Landscapes of Power in the Mexicali Valley -- Salt of the River, Salt of the Earth -- "The Politics of Place" -- Epilogue : Beyond the Border Oasis -- Coda : The Contemporary Delta
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-202) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Ward, Evan R. (Evan Ray), 1971- Border oasis Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003
Language:
English
Keywords:
Colorado
;
Grenzgebiet
;
Wasserbau
;
Umwelt
URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780816522231.pdf
URL:
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid1489.htm
