The environmental history of the Colorado River delta during the past century is one of the most important and most neglected stories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Thanks to entrepreneurs such as William E. Smythe, the surrounding desert in Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja California has been transformed into an agricultural oasis, but not without significant ecological, political, economic, and social consequences. Evan Ward explores the rapid development of this region, examining the ways in which regional politics and international relations created a garden in the Mexicali,...
The environmental history of the Colorado River delta during the past century is one of the most important and most neglected stories of the U....
