Rivers of Empire
Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11093038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen G Bunker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 851 |
| Publication date | 1986-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Rivers of empire: Water, aridity, and the growth of the American West, Donald Worster, 1985 |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2071126 |
| OpenAlex | W2320395650 |
| Language | EN |
American west · Ancient history · Arid · Empire · Ethnology · Geography · American Environmental and Regional History · Geology · History · Paleontology
Pipe Dreams
Still dreaming of paradise
Land before water
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River histories
Geographies of storage
Elegant conservation
Planning for Idaho’s waterscapes
Water management from tradition to second modernity
Hierarchy, Domination, Nature
Reinventing vs. Restoring Sustainability in the Maine Woods
Production of subterranean resources in the Atacama Desert
Hydropolis
The Cold War, the US Bureau of Reclamation, and the technopolitics of river basin development, 1950-1970
Towards an ecologically-based society
Coevolution in water resource development
Leaky States
Spotting the Myths about Spotted Owls Claims of Causality, Burdens of Proof, and the 'Cause' of Rain in Seattle
Landscapes of Promise and Betrayal
Is the Hydrologic Cycle Sustainable? A Historical–Geographical Critique of a Modern Concept
Can Participation Change the Geography of Water? Lessons from South Africa
Water Resources and Sustainable Water Management
Human–Environment Interactions
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North American drought
A Sorry State
Contested Sacredness
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From Kern Island to the Streets of Bakersfield
Sequías en Mendoza (Argentina)
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Indian Agriculture, United States Agriculture, and Sustainable Agriculture
Baixada Fluminense
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Disproportionality and Disaster
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Fluid Histories
Swampy Sugar Lands
Scientific Empire and Imperial Science
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The Nevada Water Law of 1913
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The retreat of the delta
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The dam as catastrophe
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The politics of water in Colonial India
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The irrigation technozone
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The hydrosocial cycle
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Tool-power
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |