Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West /
Fiege, Mark
Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999. - 1 online resource (xv, 323 p.). - Weyerhaeuser environmental books . - Weyerhaeuser environmental book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-305) and index.
Discovering the irrigated landscape -- Genesis: water, earth, and irrigation systems -- Habitat: the irrigated landscape and its biota -- Dividing water: conflist, cooperation, and allocation on the upper Snake River -- Labor and landscape: Irrigated agriculture and work -- From field to market: agricultural production in the irrigated landcape -- Industrial Eden: myth, metaphor, and the irrigated landscape -- World in the making -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Conclusion: Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
"Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Flege's study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each step, nature rebounded and compromised their intended agricultural order. The result was a new and richly textured landscape made of layer upon layer of technology and intractable natural forces - one that engineers and farmers did not control with the precision they had anticipated." "Irrigated Eden is an unusual and absorbing work, important to anyone interested in western U.S. history, environmental history, or the human-nature relationship."--Jacket.
English.
9780295989747 0295989742 9780295977577 0295977574 0295980133 9780295980133
22573/ctvct49gk JSTOR
2021694718
Irrigation farming--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming--Idaho.
Irrigation--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation--Idaho.
Water-supply--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Water-supply--Idaho.
Culture irriguée--Idaho.
Irrigation--Idaho.
Eau--Approvisionnement--Idaho.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Forestry.
Irrigation
Irrigation farming
Water-supply
Bewässerungswirtschaft
Landschaftsentwicklung
Irrigatie (waterhuishouding)
Landbouw.
Landschappen.
Lantbruk--historia--Förenta staterna.
Bevattning--historia--Förenta staterna.
Idaho
United States--Snake River Valley
Idaho
Snake River
Electronic books.
S616.U6
333.91/3/097961
Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999. - 1 online resource (xv, 323 p.). - Weyerhaeuser environmental books . - Weyerhaeuser environmental book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-305) and index.
Discovering the irrigated landscape -- Genesis: water, earth, and irrigation systems -- Habitat: the irrigated landscape and its biota -- Dividing water: conflist, cooperation, and allocation on the upper Snake River -- Labor and landscape: Irrigated agriculture and work -- From field to market: agricultural production in the irrigated landcape -- Industrial Eden: myth, metaphor, and the irrigated landscape -- World in the making -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Conclusion: Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
"Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Flege's study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each step, nature rebounded and compromised their intended agricultural order. The result was a new and richly textured landscape made of layer upon layer of technology and intractable natural forces - one that engineers and farmers did not control with the precision they had anticipated." "Irrigated Eden is an unusual and absorbing work, important to anyone interested in western U.S. history, environmental history, or the human-nature relationship."--Jacket.
English.
9780295989747 0295989742 9780295977577 0295977574 0295980133 9780295980133
22573/ctvct49gk JSTOR
2021694718
Irrigation farming--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming--Idaho.
Irrigation--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation--Idaho.
Water-supply--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Water-supply--Idaho.
Culture irriguée--Idaho.
Irrigation--Idaho.
Eau--Approvisionnement--Idaho.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Forestry.
Irrigation
Irrigation farming
Water-supply
Bewässerungswirtschaft
Landschaftsentwicklung
Irrigatie (waterhuishouding)
Landbouw.
Landschappen.
Lantbruk--historia--Förenta staterna.
Bevattning--historia--Förenta staterna.
Idaho
United States--Snake River Valley
Idaho
Snake River
Electronic books.
S616.U6
333.91/3/097961