Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.
1. Contested Rationalities -- 2. Nature by Design: The Bureau of Reclamation's Western Conquest -- 3. The Old Guard: Stand by Your Dam -- 4. The New Guard: Agents of Rationality, Arbiters of Democracy -- 5. Views from the Reservation: The Politics and Perspective of Yavapai People -- 6. Rationality, Form, and Power