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PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press

ISBN-100816514917

ISBN-139780816514915

eBay Product ID (ePID)1062426

Product Key Features

Number of Pages212 Pages

Publication NameRaising Arizona's Dams : Daily Life, Danger, and Discrimination in the Dam Construction Camps of Central Arizona, 1890s-1940s

LanguageEnglish

SubjectIndustries / Construction, Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Agriculture / Irrigation, Sociology / Urban

Publication Year1995

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorRichard P. Emanuel, A. E. Rogge, D. Lorne Mcwatters, Melissa Keane

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight29.1 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN94-021368

Reviews"The authors treat us to an almost seamless marriage of history and archaeology, supported by a 'bottom up' approach and a public history sensibility. The result is a very readable account of the daily life of the transient wage workers who built the temporary construction towns and the enduring water management systems." -- Journal of Arizona History "It is a thoughtful analysis of people of divergent backgrounds who came together for the purpose of making a living, an analysis of the towns they built and the lives they led. This most readable book is handsomely packaged . . . chock-full of fascinating historical photographs." -- Tombstone Epitaph "An excellent overview." -- Journal of the West "Social history of the working class is a difficult task. The combination of archaeological evidence with the historical record has given us this superb example of 'bottom-up history.'" -- The Public Historian "It offers a convincing, well-written demonstration that transitory communities of wage-earning laborers have long played a significant role in Western history. As such, Raising Arizona's Dams deserves both popular and scholarly attention." -- Technology and Culture

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.7/6278/09791

SynopsisThis is the engrossing story of the unsung heroes who did the day-to-day work of building Arizona's dams, focusing on the lives of laborers and their families who created temporary construction communities during the building of seven major dams in central Arizona. The book focuses primarily on the 1903-1911 Roosevelt Dam camps and the 1926-1927 Camp Pleasant at Waddell Dam, although other camps dating from the 1890s through the 1940s are discussed as well. The book is liberally illustrated with historic photographs of the camps and the people who occupied them while building the dams., Raising Arizona's Dams focuses on the lives of the laborers and families who created temporary construction communities during the building of seven major dams along the Salt, Verde, and Agua Fria rivers. It is also illustrated with dozens of historical photographs, and the authors draw upon a wide array of sources-archaeological evidence, census counts, court documents, government records, newspapers and magazines, and oral histories-to reconstruct life in these long-forgotten camps.

LC Classification NumberHD8039.B92U667 1995