Power and Control in the Imperial Valley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power and Control in the Imperial Valley write by Benny J Andrés. This book was released on 2014-11-27. Power and Control in the Imperial Valley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Power and Control in the Imperial Valley examines the evolution of irrigated farming in the Imperial-Mexicali Valley, an arid desert straddling the California–Baja California border. Bisected by the international boundary line, the valley drew American investors determined to harness the nearby Colorado River to irrigate a million acres on both sides of the border. The “conquest” of the environment was a central theme in the history of the valley. Colonization in the valley began with the construction of a sixty-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River in California through Mexico. Initially, Mexico held authority over water delivery until settlers persuaded Congress to construct the All-American Canal. Control over land and water formed the basis of commercial agriculture and in turn enabled growers to use the state to procure inexpensive, plentiful immigrant workers.
Imperial
Imperial - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imperial write by William T. Vollmann. This book was released on 2009-07-30. Imperial available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border – a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For generations of migrant workers, Imperial Country has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. It sprawls across a stirring accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves and labor camps of Southeastern California, right across the border into Mexico. In this eye-opening book, William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, exploring polluted rivers and guarded factories and talking with everyone from Mexican migrant workers to border patrolmen. Teeming with patterns, facts, stories, people and hope, this is an epic study of an emblematic region.
The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley, California
The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley, California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley, California write by Edgar F. Howe. This book was released on 1910. The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley, California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The earliest published history of California's Imperial Valley, an 8,000 square mile region located in the southern part of the Colorado Desert. Documenting the pioneer period in the Valley's history, which roughly corresponds with the first decade of the 20th century, Howe and Hall provide abundant details concerning the irrigation project directed by Charles Rockwood and George Chaffey that turned part of the desert into rich agricultural and residential lands. Also includes information on Valley's history before modern settlement, the accidental formation of the Salton Sea, and several early settlers.
The Impossible Land
The Impossible Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Impossible Land write by Phillip H. Round. This book was released on 2008. The Impossible Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The stories written in and about the Imperial Valley, both romantic and real, are the subject of this unique comparative study of both literature and the land.
The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink
The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink write by Harry Thomas Cory. This book was released on 1915. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
