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As precious as blood : the Western Slope in Colorado's water wars, 1900-1970 / Steven C. Schulte.
Lippincott Library HD1694.C6 S38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schulte, Steven C., 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water rights--Colorado--Western Slope--History.
- Water rights.
- History.
- Colorado--Western Slope.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A comprehensive study about the contentious issue of the water wars between Colorado's Western Slope--where snows accumulate west of the Continental Divide--and the Front Range, where the ever-expanding population continues to require more municipal water"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Colorado's water : a problem rooted in geography and history
- Colorado's water wars begin, 1920-1940
- Portents of mid-century conflict, 1940-1950
- The struggle for the CRSP
- Water wars at zenith, 1953-56
- Into the 1960s : a tenuous unity
- A new age of war and peace
- Epilogue : the view from western Colorado.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607324997
- 1607324997
- OCLC:
- 949553689
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