
Vision in the Desert
Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest
Jack L. August(Author)
Texas Christian University Press
Will be published approx. on 6. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-0-87565-310-5 (ISBN)
Description
Set in both the arid lands of Arizona and the political backdrop of Washington, D.C., Vision in the Desert documents the life and career of longtime Arizona senator, Carl Hayden. One of the most powerful figures in the United States Congress, Hayden's public service career, centered on water and it's distribution, is inseparable from the history of the West and the development of arid lands. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1911, Hayden began a fifty-seven-year career in the U.S. Congress, serving as a Democratic House Representative for fifteen years and then as a Senator from 1927 to 1969. The issues of the development of the Colorado River occupied the majority of Hayden's congressional work. The authorization of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) in 1968, at the end of the senator's long career, highlights all of Hayden's efforts concerning this life stream of the Southwest, making possible the distribution of water to the growing urban areas of Phoenix and Tucson.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Fort Worth
United States
Illustrations
2 maps, 30 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87565-310-5 (9780875653105)
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Persons
Historian, Fulbright scholar, and native Arizonan, Jack L. August, is director of the Arizona Historical Foundation and has served as a professor of history at Arizona State University and Prescott College. August has published extensively on the American West.