High and dry : the Texas-New Mexico struggle for the Pecos River
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Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2002.
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1st ed.
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xii, 291 pages : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2002.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-283) and index.
Description
Water law, water politics, and especially water shenanigans are at the center of this book about New Mexico and Texas dividing the Pecos River. On one level the story is about a twenty-year court case, Texas v. New Mexico, a monstrous law suit between two states sharing a common water source, a state boundary, and a long history of mutual enmity. On another level, this story is as big and far-reaching as the high plains drained by the Pecos: it is part memoir, part biography, and part environmental history, part the history of hydrology, and part a contribution to the annals of litigation in the great tradition of Anthony Lewis and Jonathan Harr.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hall, G. E. (2002). High and dry: the Texas-New Mexico struggle for the Pecos River . University of New Mexico Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hall, G. Emlen, 1942-. 2002. High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River. University of New Mexico Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hall, G. Emlen, 1942-. High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River University of New Mexico Press, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hall, G. Emlen. High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River University of New Mexico Press, 2002.
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