{"product_id":"dividing-western-waters-mark-wilmer-and-arizona-v-california-9780875653549","title":"Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V California","description":"The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, \u003ci\u003eBrown v the Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to \u003ci\u003eArizona v California\u003c\/i\u003e, argues author Jack August in \u003ci\u003eDividing Western Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this day \u003ci\u003eArizona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e v \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e is still influential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. For Arizona, the seminal water case, \u003ci\u003eArizona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e v \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e, the longest Supreme Court case in American history (1952-1963), constituted an important step in the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a plan crucial for the development of Arizona's economic livelihood. The unique qualities of water framed Wilmer's role in the history of the arid Southwest and defined his towering professional career. Wilmer's analysis of the Supreme Court case caused him to change legal tactics and, in so doing, he changed the course of the history of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875653549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.33w x 0.79d","brand":"Jack L. August","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672965218485,"sku":"9780875653549","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_80345d46-f81a-4d4f-aa81-d30b26eba768.jpg?v=1709052265","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dividing-western-waters-mark-wilmer-and-arizona-v-california-9780875653549","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}