Water and the Shaping of California: A Literary, Political, and Technological Perspective on the Power of Water, and How the Effort to Control It Has Transformed the State - Softcover

McClurg, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890771333 ISBN 13: 9781890771331

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2000

Synopsis

Published in conjunction with the Water Education Foundation, for which McClurg produces the bimonthly Western Water . She tells the story of conflicts such as feuds between neighboring states and between farmers and industry, and intersperses poetic musings on water's natural beauty by writers of the past and present. The volume's 12<"> depth accommodates large color photographs. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Sue Mclurg specializes in writing about water resource issues. A former newspaper reporter, she has worked for the Water Education Foundation since 1991 where she produces the highly acclaimed magazine Western Water.

Review:

"...This textured book helps move us closer toward peaceful restoration and reconciliation, by compiling...wisdom, images, and experience..." -- Bruce Babbitt

"...masterful and lyrical combination of prose and images illustrating how Californian's have invented themselves and the modern state of California..." -- Norris Hundley

"Even after covering the subject for a quarter of a century, I learned again how much I still don't know..." END -- Marc Reisner

...The abundant, well-selected photographs and illustrations are an especially welcome addition to ... the ocean of print that is California's literature of water. -- Marc Reisner, author of Cadillac Desert

...helps move us closer toward peaceful restoration and reconciliation, by compiling the wisdom, images, and experience of battlefield veterans." -- Bruce Babbitt

A masterful and lyrical combination of prose and images illustrating how Californians have invented themselves and the modern state of California... -- Norris Hundley, author of The Great Thirst and Water and the West

This book is vital to education all Californians about the imporatance of water... -- Timothy Busfield, activist and actor

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1890771333
• ISBN 13: 9781890771331
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168