Review: Western Water A to Z: The History, Nature, and Culture of a Vanishing Resource, by Robert R. Crifasi

IF 0.4 4区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.683

Joshua Specht

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Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: Western Water A to Z: The History, Nature, and Culture of a Vanishing Resource, by Robert R. Crifasi Western Water A to Z: The History, Nature, and Culture of a Vanishing Resource. By Robert R. Crifasi. (Denver, University Press of Colorado, 2023. 392 pp.) Joshua Specht Joshua Specht University of Notre Dame Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (4): 683–684. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.683 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Joshua Specht; Review: Western Water A to Z: The History, Nature, and Culture of a Vanishing Resource, by Robert R. Crifasi. Pacific Historical Review 1 November 2023; 92 (4): 683–684. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.683 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search Water—or lack thereof—defines the history of the American West. That means entire careers can be spent focused exclusively on water. But it also means that any topic related to the American West requires some familiarity with key water issues. One might need to quickly review the origin of the self-governing windmill or the story of how London Bridge ended up spanning Lake Havasu. In such cases you want an authoritative and clear guide to the variety of issues that might come up—cultural, political, social, economic, or scientific. In that situation you should probably have Robert R. Crifasi’s Western Water A to Z within arm’s reach. While Crifasi’s book is not exhaustive—I would describe its size as respectable but not overwhelming—it does cover a huge variety of topics thoroughly in clear and enjoyable prose. Beyond the more than one hundred entries, Crifasi includes an introductory essay on key issues regarding western... You do not currently have access to this content.

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书评:《西方水从A到Z:一种消失的资源的历史、自然和文化》，罗伯特·r·克里法西著

书评:《西部水资源从A到Z:消失的资源的历史、自然和文化》，作者:罗伯特·r·克里法西《西部水资源从A到Z:消失的资源的历史、自然和文化》。罗伯特·r·克里法西著。丹佛，科罗拉多大学出版社，2023。(392页)Joshua Specht Joshua Specht圣母大学搜索作者的其他作品:此网站PubMed谷歌学者太平洋历史评论(2023)92(4):683-684。https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.683查看图标查看文章内容图表和表格视频音频补充数据同行评审分享图标分享Facebook Twitter LinkedIn电子邮件工具图标工具获得许可引用图标引用搜索网站引用约书亚Specht;书评:《西方水从A到Z:一种消失的资源的历史、自然和文化》，罗伯特·r·克里法西著。《太平洋历史评论》2023年11月1日;[j](4): 683-684。doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.683下载引文文件:Ris (Zotero)参考文献管理器EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex工具栏搜索搜索下拉菜单工具栏搜索搜索输入搜索输入自动建议过滤您的搜索所有内容太平洋历史评论搜索水-或缺乏水-定义了美国西部的历史。这意味着整个职业生涯都可以专注于水。但这也意味着，任何与美国西部有关的话题都需要对关键的水问题有所了解。人们可能需要快速回顾一下自治风车的起源，或者伦敦桥最终如何横跨哈瓦苏湖的故事。在这种情况下，你需要一个权威的、清晰的指南，来指导可能出现的各种问题——文化、政治、社会、经济或科学。在这种情况下，你可能应该有罗伯特·r·克里法西的西部水A到Z触手可及。虽然克里法西的书并不详尽——我认为它的篇幅相当可观，但也不至于让人无所不包——但它确实以清晰而令人愉悦的文笔彻底地涵盖了各种各样的主题。除了一百多个条目之外，Crifasi还包括一篇关于西方…您目前没有访问此内容的权限。

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期刊介绍： For over 70 years, the Pacific Historical Review has accurately and adeptly covered the history of American expansion to the Pacific and beyond, as well as the post-frontier developments of the 20th-century American West. Recent articles have discussed: •Japanese American Internment •The Establishment of Zion and Bryce National Parks in Utah •Mexican Americans, Testing, and School Policy 1920-1940 •Irish Immigrant Settlements in Nineteenth-Century California and Australia •American Imperialism in Oceania •Native American Labor in the Early Twentieth Century •U.S.-Philippines Relations •Pacific Railroad and Westward Expansion before 1945