Command of the Waters

Daniel C. McCool

ISBN 10: 0816515026 / ISBN 13: 9780816515028

Published by University of Arizona Press, US, 1994

About this Item

Much has been written about legal questions surrounding Indian water rights; this book now places them in the political framework that also includes water development. McCool analyzes the two conflicting doctrines relating to water use one based on federal case law governing the rights of Indians on reservations, the other sanctioned by legislation and applied to non-Indians based on the ""iron triangles"" of bureaucrats, legislators, and interest groups that dominate policy issues. He examines the way federal and BIA water development programs have reacted to conflict, competition, and opportunity from the turn of the century to the 1980s and updates the situation in an introduction written for this edition.

Seller Inventory # LU-9780816515028

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command of the Waters
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press, US
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816515026
• ISBN 13: 9780816515028
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 565 grams

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Synopsis

Much has been written about legal questions surrounding Indian water rights; this book now places them in the political framework that also includes water development. McCool analyzes the two conflicting doctrines relating to water use one based on federal case law governing the rights of Indians on reservations, the other sanctioned by legislation and applied to non-Indians based on the ""iron triangles"" of bureaucrats, legislators, and interest groups that dominate policy issues. He examines the way federal and BIA water development programs have reacted to conflict, competition, and opportunity from the turn of the century to the 1980s and updates the situation in an introduction written for this edition.

About the Author

Daniel McCool is Professor of Political Science and Director of the American West Center at the University of Utah.