The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower
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The winner will receive The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River .
The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment and
Settlement along the Lower Colorado River presents a meticulously researched
historical account of the Yuma Reclamation Project (authorized in 1904), one of
the first federal irrigation projects in the Western United States. Chapters
scrutinize in depth the myriad obstacles encountered just to get the program
started, its impact, and its legacy up to the modern day. A thoughtful analysis
of economic and social as well as environmental factors of the time, The Yuma
Reclamation Project is sufficiently thorough to satisfy professional scholars
yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Highly recommended.
Settlement along the Lower Colorado River presents a meticulously researched
historical account of the Yuma Reclamation Project (authorized in 1904), one of
the first federal irrigation projects in the Western United States. Chapters
scrutinize in depth the myriad obstacles encountered just to get the program
started, its impact, and its legacy up to the modern day. A thoughtful analysis
of economic and social as well as environmental factors of the time, The Yuma
Reclamation Project is sufficiently thorough to satisfy professional scholars
yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Highly recommended.
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