Description

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This book provides detailed histories of colonial water systems in four localities in the Mexican Baj -o--Celaya, Salvatierra, Valle de Santiago, and Quer taro. It includes studies of irrigated agriculture, hydraulic technology, and water law in the region. The local histories richly illustrate, through the patterns of irrigation, the interactions b.

About the Author

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Michael E. Murphy has a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California at Berkeley and is currently a free lance writer.