Ruling the Waters: California's Kern River, the Environment, and the Making of Western Water Law Volume 4 Tapa blanda - 2022

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ruling the Waters: California's Kerny River, the Environment, and the Making of Western Water Law.

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Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2022. Paperback. New. 278 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

The University Of Oklahoma Press, 2022. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2022 The University of Oklahoma Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. When Europeans first arrived at what is now California's San Joaquin Valley, they found a vast landscape of wetlands, small ponds, riparian forests, and grasslands surrounding three large swampland lakes. What greets a visitor to the region today is a dramatically different view of mile after mile of row crops, vineyards, orchards, and grazing acreage--some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in the world. This remarkable transformation, with its enduring consequences, is at the center of Ruling the Waters, a legal, social, and environmental history of how western water law shaped, and was shaped by, the subjugation of the largest freshwater wetlands wildlife habitat in the West. At the heart of… Leer más

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