GG reviewed Cadillac desert by Marc Reisner
Review of 'Cadillac desert' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A fascinating book that should be mandatory reading for all of my fellow Californians.
582 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1986 by Viking.
5 stars
(7 reviews)
"Beautifully written and meticulously researched."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West.
Subjects
- Irrigation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History