Hide this

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
Loading...

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

by Marc Reisner

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingConversations
60387,687 (4.4)28
Loading...
won't like will probably not like will probably like will like will love

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

Showing 1-5 of 8 (next | show all)
I am sure this was interesting to some, but oh, I just couldn't finish it. Very dry, no pun intended. ( )
  redrep | Nov 18, 2009 |
Another mandatory read for high school and college students for proper indoctrination. ( )
  weeziemae | Aug 12, 2009 |
an importnat book for anybody who is interested in urban history and the history of the American West. Why reason why the West is gone is found in this book. It you are interested in your food sources, politics, and sociology this book is a must read. One of the most important books about modern American social problems you will ever read. Sadly even at twenty years of age it is still presicient and hardhitting of the truth. It is so sad that in twenty years nothing has changed - except the fact that there is less water than ever spread around to more people than ever in the American Southwest. ( )
  benitastrnad | Dec 4, 2008 |
The frightening thing about this book is that it was written 20 years ago! We will NEVER learn!!?? ( )
  hmib | Jul 6, 2008 |
One of my favorite books; a compelling indictment of our water policy. I'm right wing, but this book really challenges our thinking about how private is our "private enterprise" in the West ( )
  daugman | Jun 7, 2007 |
Showing 1-5 of 8 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Series (with order)
Canonical Title
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Awards and honors
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Book description

Amazon.com (ISBN 0140178244, Paperback)

The definitive history of water resources in the American West, and a very illuminating lesson in the political economy of limited resources anywhere. Highly recommended!

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400)

The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details.

Quick Links

Ebooks Audio Swap
2 pay0/32

Popular covers

 

Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | 45,930,925 books!