{"product_id":"water-and-american-government-the-reclamation-bureau-national-water-policy-and-the-west-1902-1935-hardcover","title":"Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald J. Pisani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country-shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farming communities had become by the 1930s a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is a master in his field. No one until now has told so much of this story in a solidly researched, critical, and convincing fashion. This book will appeal not only to historians but also to political scientists, legal scholars, environmentalists, and others interested in public policy, federalism, and the politics of water in American society.--Norris Hundley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Thirst: Californians and Water, a History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force. It deals with a critical period in which commitments were made that profoundly influenced the nation's environment. In brief case studies [Pisani] puts a human face on events and places.--Martin Ridge, author of \u003ci\u003eWriting the History of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWestward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is a master in his field. No one until now has told so much of this story in a solidly researched, critical, and convincing fashion. This book will appeal not only to historians but also to political scientists, legal scholars, environmentalists, and others interested in public policy, federalism, and the politics of water in American society.--Norris Hundley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Thirst: Californians and Water, a History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force. It deals with a critical period in which commitments were made that profoundly influenced the nation's environment. In brief case studies [Pisani] puts a human face on events and places.\"--Martin Ridge, author of \u003ci\u003eWriting the History of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWestward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald J. Pisani \u003c\/b\u003eis Merrick Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. His books include a previous history to which this one is a sequel, \u003ci\u003eTo Reclaim a Divided West \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), as well as \u003ci\u003eWater, Land, and Law in the West \u003c\/i\u003e(1996) and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Family Farm to Agribusiness \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.46 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424635576422,"sku":"9780520230309","price":136.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/R3FhZEFjbzRwYzU2ZFc5S1F2MFYrdz09.webp?v=1775599265","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/water-and-american-government-the-reclamation-bureau-national-water-policy-and-the-west-1902-1935-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}