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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Opie , Char Miller , Kenna Lang ArcherPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Edition: Third Edition ISBN: 9780803296978ISBN 10: 0803296975 Pages: 438 Publication Date: 01 August 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition A Note on Editorial Method Introduction: Learning to Think about the Ogallala 1. The First Half-Billion Years 2. Finding the Water: Boom and Bust, 1870–1940 3. From Dryland to Dustbowl: Not a Good Place to Farm 4. Windmills, Center Pivots, Feedlots, and Porkers 5. A Tale of Seven Water Conservation Districts 6. Making Irrigation Work for a Family Farm: Phil and Linda Tooms on the Moscow Road 7. The Future of Plains Irrigation: A New Gospel of Efficiency 8. Thinking the Unthinkable: Climate Change Hits the Vulnerable Plains 9. A Final Look Notes IndexReviewsOpie's answers, marvelously multi-faceted and unbiased . . . could serve elsewhere as a sane, scholarly model for addressing local enviro-crises. --Booklist-- (09/19/2017) Thorough, balanced, thoughtful, and certainly thought-provoking. . . . A 'must read.' --Journal of Sustainable Agriculture -- (09/19/2017) Opie's answers, marvelously multi-faceted and unbiased . . . could serve elsewhere as a sane, scholarly model for addressing local enviro-crises. -Booklist * Booklist * Thorough, balanced, thoughtful, and certainly thought-provoking. . . . A `must read.' -Journal of Sustainable Agriculture * Journal of Sustainable Agriculture * This book should be read by every Plains political aspirant, policy maker, educator, landowner, farmer and rancher, and indeed every citizen. -Michael J. Smith, Nebraska History -- Michael J. Smith * Nebraska History * Opie's answers, marvelously multi-faceted and unbiased . . . could serve elsewhere as a sane, scholarly model for addressing local enviro-crises. -Booklist * Booklist * Thorough, balanced, thoughtful, and certainly thought-provoking. . . . A `must read.' -Journal of Sustainable Agriculture * Journal of Sustainable Agriculture * Author InformationJohn Opie (1934–2018) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental History and Policy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the founding editor of the journal Environmental History and the author of Nature’s Nation: An Environmental History of the United States. Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College and author of several books, including Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream. Kenna Lang Archer is an instructor of history at Angelo State University in Texas. She is the author of Unruly Waters: A Social and Environmental History of the Brazos River. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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