Spanish water, Anglo water [electronic resource] : early development in San Antonio / Charles R. Porter Jr.
Series: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 113.Publication details: College Station [Tex.] : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 181 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9781603441223 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1603441220 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781603443258 (e-book)
- Water rights -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History
- Water-supply -- Social aspects -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History
- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History
- Water -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Distribution -- Management -- History
- Land tenure -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History
- Irrigation canals and flumes -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History
- San Antonio (Tex.) -- History
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- HD1695.S35 P676 2009eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
God's water -- Droughts and deluges -- The country of 1,100 springs -- Eyewitness reports of God's water -- Spain and Mexico's water, 1718-1836 -- Missions settle San Antonio -- Acequia technology -- Derecho Indiano : law with justice -- Water, land, and work -- Conflict, cooperation, and compromise -- Republic of Texas and United States water, 1836-1902 -- New people, old laws -- Acequias overwhelmed -- The first water works company -- Water : politicians' "gold".
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