Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Preface And Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Saving Lost Lives. Irrigation and the Ideology of Homemaking 1
6. 2. The Perils of Public Works: Federal Reclamation, 1902–1909 32
7. 3. Case Studies in Irrigation and Community: Twin Falls and Rupert 65
8. 4. An Administrative Morass: Federal Reclamation, 1909–1917 96
9. 5. Boom, Bust, and Boom: Federal Reclamation, 1917–1935 123
10. 6. Uneasy Allies: The Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs 154
11. 7. Case Studies in Water and Power: The Yakima and the Pima 181
12. 8. Wiring the New West: The Strange Career of Public Power 202
13. 9. Gateway to the Hydraulic Age: Water Politics, 1920–1935 235
14. 10. Conclusion: Retrospect and Significance 272
15. Archival Abbreviations 297
16. Notes 299
17. Index 389