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Mirage : the false promise of desert agriculture / Russell Clemings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1996.Description: viii, 247 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0871564165 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S613 .C64 1996
Contents:
1. The desert farming experiment -- 2. Manifest destiny -- 3. An early warning -- 4. Of drainage and baby ducks -- 5. A prophet without honor -- 6. Dueling nature in the lake bed -- 7. The once mighty Colorado -- 8. A flood down under -- 9. The gift of the Indus -- 10. Science searches for answers -- 11. A vision for the future.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks S613.C64 1996 1 Available 33710000752944

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.

WAR, NEWBERY,

1. The desert farming experiment -- 2. Manifest destiny -- 3. An early warning -- 4. Of drainage and baby ducks -- 5. A prophet without honor -- 6. Dueling nature in the lake bed -- 7. The once mighty Colorado -- 8. A flood down under -- 9. The gift of the Indus -- 10. Science searches for answers -- 11. A vision for the future.