Book Review: Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer by Gary D. Libecap. Stanford,CA: Stanford University Press,2007. 224 pp. $65 (cloth);$24.95 (paper)
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Book Review: Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer by Gary D. Libecap. Stanford,CA: Stanford University Press,2007. 224 pp. $65 (cloth);$24.95 (paper)
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