Mirage : Florida and the vanishing water of the Eastern U.S. / Cynthia Barnett.
Mirage : Florida and the vanishing water of the Eastern U.S. / Cynthia Barnett.
Mirage : Florida and the vanishing water of the Eastern U.S. / Cynthia Barnett.
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
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N333.9113/ 4
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English
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Physical content
240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. History and myth -- 2. Conspicuous consumption -- 3. Drained and diverted -- 4. The wetlands and the weather -- 5. Red state, green state -- 6. Destination : Florida -- 7. Water wars -- 8. Business in a bottle -- 9. Priceless -- 10. Water wildcatters -- 11. Technology's promise -- 12. Redemption...
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
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Michigan
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Part investigative journalism, part environmental history, Mirage reveals how the eastern half of the nation - historically so wet that early settlers predicted it would never even need irrigation - has squandered so much of its abundant freshwater that it now faces shortages and conflicts once unique to the arid West." "Told through a colorful ca...
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Mirage : Florida and the vanishing water of the Eastern U.S. / Cynthia Barnett.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.
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c2007.
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N333.9113/ 4
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74VK7gP7pmWX
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0472115634 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472115631 (cloth : alk. paper)
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333.911309759
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991022866129702626
