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agrarian economy
agriculture
american history
american west
anthropology
Author_John Walton
california
california valley
californian history
Category=NHTB
civil society
collective action
conquest
cultural studies
destruction
ecology
environmental movement
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history of california
incorporation
los angeles
microcosm
native inhabitants
native peoples
owens valley
pioneer economy
popular politics
rebellion
social movements
social structure
state
united states history
water hungry
Product details
- ISBN 9780520084537
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"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.
John Walton is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.
