Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California Paperback University of California Press
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Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California Paperback University of California Press

Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture, and Rebellion in California

University of California Press
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Description

Western Times and Water Wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is a microcosm of the development of the American West.

Author: John Walton
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 08/31/1993
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.00w x 1.07d
ISBN13: 9780520084537
ISBN10: 0520084535
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | General

About the Author
John Walton is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.