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- catalog abstract "Widely noted for his role in the passage of the National Reclamation Act of 1902, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was a champion of the growth of federal power in the modernization of America. One of the few liberal national Democrats at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is known as a key architect of the modern regulatory state. Newlands worked to irrigate the Nevada desert and other arid western states with nationally funded reclamation and dam-building projects. As a leading western Progressive, he supported national planning for the utilization of all the nation's water resources, the Progressive conservation cause espoused by Republican Theodore Roosevelt, and the supervision of private corporations by an enlarged and more powerful federal government. Yet he opposed Progressives on many issues, voicing suspicions about centralized banking, defending the right of private corporations to fair treatment by public regulatory agencies, even advocating the denial of suffrage to African Americans through the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. William Rowley's biography reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. It is a fascinating story of American politics in a time of immense national change.".
- catalog contributor b9311812.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Martin Ridge and Walter Nugent -- I. Senator Newlands: First among the "Irrigation Cranks" -- II. Toward the Promises of California -- III. In Defense of Property -- IV. The "Wretched Case" -- V. Newlands as a Nevadan -- VI. More than Noble Words -- VII. Challenging the Old Guard -- VIII. With Water on His Wheel -- IX. Newlands: "A Model Democracy" -- X. The Road Ahead -- XI. Racism and Reform -- XII. Visions Won and Lost.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Widely noted for his role in the passage of the National Reclamation Act of 1902, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was a champion of the growth of federal power in the modernization of America. One of the few liberal national Democrats at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is known as a key architect of the modern regulatory state. Newlands worked to irrigate the Nevada desert and other arid western states with nationally funded reclamation and dam-building projects. As a leading western Progressive, he supported national planning for the utilization of all the nation's water resources, the Progressive conservation cause espoused by Republican Theodore Roosevelt, and the supervision of private corporations by an enlarged and more powerful federal government. Yet he opposed Progressives on many issues, voicing suspicions about centralized banking, defending the right of private corporations to fair treatment by public regulatory agencies, even advocating the denial of suffrage to African Americans through the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. William Rowley's biography reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. It is a fascinating story of American politics in a time of immense national change.".
- catalog extent "xii, 199 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Reclaiming the arid West.".
- catalog identifier "0253210380 (pa : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0253330025 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Reclaiming the arid West.".
- catalog isPartOf "The American West in the twentieth century".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Reclaiming the arid West.".
- catalog spatial "Nevada".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "328.73/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "E664.N4 R69 1996".
- catalog subject "Irrigation Nevada History.".
- catalog subject "Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith), 1848-1917.".
- catalog subject "Reclamation of land West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Water resources development West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Martin Ridge and Walter Nugent -- I. Senator Newlands: First among the "Irrigation Cranks" -- II. Toward the Promises of California -- III. In Defense of Property -- IV. The "Wretched Case" -- V. Newlands as a Nevadan -- VI. More than Noble Words -- VII. Challenging the Old Guard -- VIII. With Water on His Wheel -- IX. Newlands: "A Model Democracy" -- X. The Road Ahead -- XI. Racism and Reform -- XII. Visions Won and Lost.".
- catalog title "Reclaiming the arid West : the career of Francis G. Newlands / William D. Rowley.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".