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4. Schemers and Dreamers: California's First Irrigation Projects
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Preface IX
- 1. Introduction: Nineteenth-Century California, a Fragmented Commonwealth 1
- 2. The Crucible of Western Water Law, 1850-1872 30
- 3. Panacea or Curse: Attitudes Toward Irrigation in Nineteenth-Century California 54
- 4. Schemers and Dreamers: California's First Irrigation Projects 78
- 5. Irrigation in the 1870s: The Origins of Corporate Reclamation in the Arid West 102
- 6. Response to Monopoly: Institutional Roots of the Irrigation District, 1868-1885 129
- 7. William Hammond Hall and State Administrative Control over Water in the Nineteenth Century 154
- 8. Lux v. Haggin: The Battle of the Water Lords 191
- 9. The Wright Act, 1887-1897: Promise Unfulfilled 250
- 10. The Beginnings of Federal Reclamation in California 283
- 11. The State Asserts Itself: Irrigation and the Law in the Progressive Period 335
- 12. Toward a State Water Plan: The Genesis of the Central Valley Project 381
- 13. Conclusion: The Lost Dream 440
- Bibliography 457
- Index 501
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Preface IX
- 1. Introduction: Nineteenth-Century California, a Fragmented Commonwealth 1
- 2. The Crucible of Western Water Law, 1850-1872 30
- 3. Panacea or Curse: Attitudes Toward Irrigation in Nineteenth-Century California 54
- 4. Schemers and Dreamers: California's First Irrigation Projects 78
- 5. Irrigation in the 1870s: The Origins of Corporate Reclamation in the Arid West 102
- 6. Response to Monopoly: Institutional Roots of the Irrigation District, 1868-1885 129
- 7. William Hammond Hall and State Administrative Control over Water in the Nineteenth Century 154
- 8. Lux v. Haggin: The Battle of the Water Lords 191
- 9. The Wright Act, 1887-1897: Promise Unfulfilled 250
- 10. The Beginnings of Federal Reclamation in California 283
- 11. The State Asserts Itself: Irrigation and the Law in the Progressive Period 335
- 12. Toward a State Water Plan: The Genesis of the Central Valley Project 381
- 13. Conclusion: The Lost Dream 440
- Bibliography 457
- Index 501
