Unsettled waters : rights, law, and identity in the American West /
Perramond, Eric,
Unsettled waters : rights, law, and identity in the American West / Eric P. Perramond. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - California scholarship online . - California scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Water rights adjudications happen quietly every day across the western United States, sorting Indian water rights, claims by cities, and use by agriculture. This text argues that these state-driven court procedures change what they purport to merely measure and understand about water within state boundaries.
Specialized.
9780520971127 (ebook) : No price
Water rights--New Mexico.
Water demand management--New Mexico--21st century.
Water-supply--Government policy--New Mexico.
KF646
346.78904691
Unsettled waters : rights, law, and identity in the American West / Eric P. Perramond. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - California scholarship online . - California scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Water rights adjudications happen quietly every day across the western United States, sorting Indian water rights, claims by cities, and use by agriculture. This text argues that these state-driven court procedures change what they purport to merely measure and understand about water within state boundaries.
Specialized.
9780520971127 (ebook) : No price
Water rights--New Mexico.
Water demand management--New Mexico--21st century.
Water-supply--Government policy--New Mexico.
KF646
346.78904691