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The Evolution of Irrigation Institutions in California: The Rise of the Irrigation District, 1910–1930

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Edward P. McDevitt
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

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Type
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1996

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