"Western Times and Water Wars" chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is a microcosm of the development of the American West.
| ISBN: | 9780520084537 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 1993 |
| Author: | John Walton |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |