Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935

List of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Saving Lost Lives: Irrigation and the Ideology of Homemaking 2. The Perils of Public Works: Federal Reclamation, 1902--1909 3. Case Studies in Irrigation and Community: Twin Falls and Rupert 4. An Administrative Morass: Federal Reclamation, 1909--1917 5. Boom, Bust, and Boom: Federal Reclamation, 1917--1935 6. Uneasy Allies: The Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs 7. Case Studies in Water and Power: The Yakima and the Pima 8. Wiring the New West: The Strange Career of Public Power 9. Gateway to the Hydraulic Age: Water Politics, 1920--1935 10. Conclusion: Retrospect and Significance Abbreviations Notes Index Illustrations follow page 000.