Ditch in Time The City, the West and Water

Name: Ditch in Time The City, the West and Water
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ISBN: 9781555913663

ISBN-10: 1555913660

ISBN-13: 9781555913663

Edition: 2012

Authors: Patricia Nelson Limerick, Jason Hanson

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The history of water development . . . offers a particularly fine post for observing the astonishing and implausible workings of historical change and, in response, for cultivating an appropriate level of humility and modesty in our anticipations of our own unknowable future.Tracing the origins and growth of the Denver Water Department, this study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as in the nation, raises questions about the complex relationship among cities, suburbs, and rural areas, allowing us to consider this precious resource and its past, present, and future with both optimism and realism.Patricia Nelson Limerickis the faculty director and board chair of…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date: 7/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Patricia Nelson Limerick is professor of history at the University of Colorado.



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Introduction






Engineered Eden



Go Take It from the Mountain






Water Development: "The Plot Thickens"



Dealing in Diversions



A Horrifying Jigsaw Puzzle: The Uncertain Course of the Rivers of Empire



No Country for Old Habits: Foothills, Two Forks, and the Revision of the Future



Chipping Away at Tradition: The Riddle of Change and Continuity at Denver Water


Conclusion Turning Hindsight into Foresight: Denver Water as a Parable


Afterword: Two Decades at a Western Water Utility: Some Reflections, Observations, and Occasional Insights by Chips Barry


Notes


Further Readings


Index


About the Author