Federal Reclamation and the American West in the twentieth century

Agricultural History

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-419

  Pisanni, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041472253     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2003.77.3.391     Document Type: Article

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