The man who thought he owned water: on the brink with American farms, cities, and food
| dc.contributor.author | D'Elgin, Tershia, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | University Press of Colorado, publisher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-01T20:31:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-01T20:31:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| dc.description.abstract | A story of her small family farm in Colorado with history of water policy in the state and the science and law of water resources in the West. Addressing the deepening need for urban-rural cooperation, dispelling misconceptions and shares essential background knowledge about farms, food and water.--Provided by publisher. | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Thirst for the Known -- 2. The Nuisance of Hindsight -- 3. Growing Up to Be Cowboys -- 4. The Soggy Verge -- 5. Banging a Gavel in Water -- 6. The Inscrutable Hitch of Above and Below -- 7. Hypocrisy, in a Kernel -- 8. Moving against the Grain -- 9. Brokers of the Apocalypse -- 10. Vagaries of Basins -- 11. The Perfect Drought -- 12. Poseidon Revisits the Platte -- 13. At the Not-O.K. Corral -- 14. Let Them Eat Turf -- 15. The Taste of Plunder -- 16. Near-Death Experience -- 17. American Gothic -- 18. Evade the Reaper -- 19. Daughter in the Dell -- 20. Past the End of Our Hoses. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | books | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/177059 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | University Press of Colorado | |
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| dc.rights.access | Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | D'Elgin, Tershia | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Women environmentalists -- Colorado -- Biography | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Water resources development -- Colorado -- History | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Water-supply, Rural -- Colorado -- History | |
| dc.title | The man who thought he owned water: on the brink with American farms, cities, and food | |
| dc.type | Text |
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