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Ruling the Waters: California's Kern River, the Environment, and the Making of Western Water Law - The Environment in Modern North America Douglas R. Littlefield
Ruling the Waters: California's Kern River, the Environment, and the Making of Western Water Law - The Environment in Modern North America
Douglas R. Littlefield
Offers 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. Douglas Littlefield describes how pioneers and entrepreneurs diverted water to extract gold in the mountains and irrigate farms.
278 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 8 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 19, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780806164908 |
| Publishers | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Pages | 278 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 576 g |
| Language | English |
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