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<p class="null1">The history of water development . . . offers a particularly fine post for observing the astonishing and implausible workings of historical change and, in response, for cultivating an appropriate level of humility and modesty in our anticipations of our own unknowable future.</p> <p>Tracing the origins and growth of the Denver Water Department, this study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as in the nation, raises questions about the complex relationship among cities, suburbs, and rural areas, allowing us to consider this precious resource and its past, present, and future with both optimism and realism.</p> <p><b>Patricia Nelson Limerick</b> is the faculty director and board chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, where she is also a professor of history and environmental studies. She currently serves as the vice president for the teaching division of the American Historical Association. Her most widely read book, <i>The Legacy of Conquest</i>, is in its twenty-fifth year of publication.</p> <p><b>Jason L. Hanson</b> is a member of the research faculty at the Center of the American West at the University o

Author

Patricia Nelson Limerick with Jason L. Hanson

Publisher

Fulcrum Publishing

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933108971

Subjects

History, Engineering, Social Science

Rating

3.74 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14