A river running west: Reflections on John Wesley Powell

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-126

  Worster, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; Aridity; Conservation; Empire; John Wesley Powell; Progressivism; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349600530     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630903025055     Document Type: Article

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