Dividing Western Waters - 9780875653549
Un libro in lingua di August Jack L. Jr. Bouma John (FRW) edito da Texas A & M Univ Pr, 2007
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The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison toArizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, August’s look at Arizona’s Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this dayArizona v California is still influential.
By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. For Arizona, the seminal water case,Arizona v California, the longest Supreme Court case in American history (19521963), constituted an important step in the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a plan crucial for the development of Arizona’s economic livelihood. The unique qualities of water framed Wilmer’s role in the history of the arid Southwest and defined his towering professional career. Wilmer’s analysis of the Supreme Court case caused him to change legal tactics and, in so doing, he changed the course of the history of the American West.
By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. For Arizona, the seminal water case,Arizona v California, the longest Supreme Court case in American history (19521963), constituted an important step in the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a plan crucial for the development of Arizona’s economic livelihood. The unique qualities of water framed Wilmer’s role in the history of the arid Southwest and defined his towering professional career. Wilmer’s analysis of the Supreme Court case caused him to change legal tactics and, in so doing, he changed the course of the history of the American West.
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- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Dividing Western Waters
- Sottotitolo: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V. California
- Lingua: English
- Autori : August Jack L. Jr. Bouma John (FRW)
- Editore: Texas A & M Univ Pr
- Collana: Texas A & M Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Novembre '07
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Water rights Arizona Water rights California Water-supply Arizona
- Pagine: 172
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0875653545
- EAN-13: 9780875653549