Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium
by David Carle
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Sierra Club Books, 2003. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2003 Sierra Club Books softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In the last one hundred years, imported water has transformed the environment of the Golden State and its quality of life, with land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism dramatically altering both urban and rural communities. The key to this transformation has been expanded access to water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and Northern California rivers. "Whoever brings the water, brings the people," wrote engineer William Mulholland, under whose leadership the process of growth through irrigation began. Now, using first-person voices of Californians to reveal the resulting changes, author David Carle concludes that it may be time to stop drowning the California dream of the good life with imported water.
Using oral histories, contemporary newspaper articles, and autobiographies, Carle explores the historic changes in California, showing how imported water has shaped the pattern of population growth in the state. Because water choices remain the primary tool for shaping California's future, Carle also argues that it is possible to improve both the state's damaged environment and the quality of life if Californians will step out of this historic pattern and embrace limited water supplies as a fact of life in this naturally dry region.
Using oral histories, contemporary newspaper articles, and autobiographies, Carle explores the historic changes in California, showing how imported water has shaped the pattern of population growth in the state. Because water choices remain the primary tool for shaping California's future, Carle also argues that it is possible to improve both the state's damaged environment and the quality of life if Californians will step out of this historic pattern and embrace limited water supplies as a fact of life in this naturally dry region.
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Originally published: Drowning the dream. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-221) and index.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium
- Author
- David Carle
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 3
- ISBN 10
- 1578050952
- ISBN 13
- 9781578050956
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- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Owen's Valley, Los Angles Department of Water and Power, William Mulholland, Water, California,
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