Enduring acequias : wisdom of the land, knowledge of the water

Enduring acequias : wisdom of the land, knowledge of the water / Juan Estevan Arellano.

Touching on the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, and South America before circling back to New Mexico, Arellano makes a case for preserving the acequia irrigation system and calls for a future that respects the ecological limitations of the land.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arellano, Juan Estevan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Querencias series.
Subjects:
Irrigation canals and flumes.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Irrigation canals and flumes
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Table of Contents:
  • Sacred water: origin of life, drink of knowledge
  • The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: the water road
  • Brief history of the Embudo land grant
  • La merced: el juicio de la tierra
  • Mi querencia: acequia junta y cienaga, a sense of place in a displaced world
  • Epilogue: a la acequia o a la escuela.

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