Cadillac Desert

preview-18
  • Cadillac Desert Book Detail

  • Author : Marc Reisner
  • Release Date : 1993-06-01
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Genre : Technology & Engineering
  • Pages : 674
  • ISBN 13 : 1440672822
  • File Size : 88,88 MB

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner PDF Summary

Book Description: “I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Cadillac Desert books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Cadillac Desert

Cadillac Desert

File Size : 11,11 MB
Total View : 8341 Views
DOWNLOAD

“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite th

Cadillac Desert

Cadillac Desert

File Size : 43,43 MB
Total View : 6312 Views
DOWNLOAD

“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite th

A Dangerous Place

A Dangerous Place

File Size : 65,65 MB
Total View : 4613 Views
DOWNLOAD

Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California’s improbable rise from a largely deser

The Dreamt Land

The Dreamt Land

File Size : 22,22 MB
Total View : 6673 Views
DOWNLOAD

A vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil—the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wroug

Unquenchable

Unquenchable

File Size : 78,78 MB
Total View : 3888 Views
DOWNLOAD

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhil