Cadillac Desert
The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Ranked #1 in Water, Ranked #20 in Civil Engineering — see more rankings.
The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecologic and economic disaster. In Cadillac Desert Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of... more
Rankings by Category
Cadillac Desert is ranked in the following categories:
- #90 in Agriculture
- #42 in California
- #55 in Ecology
- #82 in Energy
- #34 in Environment
- #20 in Environmental Science
- #36 in Environmental Studies
- #59 in Environmentalism
- #65 in Geography
- #46 in Geology
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