{"product_id":"the-great-thirst-californians-and-watera-history-revised-edition","title":"The Great Thirst: Californians and Water-A History  Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of \"the great thirst\" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundleys outstanding history  with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization of farmland and open spaces  persisting despoliation of water supplies  and demands for equity in water allocation for an exploding population. People the world over confront these problems  and Hundley examines them with clarity and eloquence in the unruly laboratory of California.  The obsession with water has shaped California to a remarkable extent  literally as well as politically and culturally. Hundley tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers  arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush  transformed California into the home of the nations preeminent water seekers. The desire to use  profit from  manipulate  and control water drives the people and events in this fascinating narrative until  by the end of the twentieth century  a large  colorful cast of characters and communities has wheeled and dealed  built  diverted  and connived its way to an entirely different statewide waterscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986316652597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520224566","price":29.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520224568.jpg?v=1770895881","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-thirst-californians-and-watera-history-revised-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}