| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 109.1

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Douglas E. Kupel. Fuel for Growth: Water and Arizona's Urban Environment. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2003. Pp. xxiv, 294. $39.95.

This book claims that the leading histories of water in the American West, notably Donald Worster's Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West (1985) and Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (1986), focus too much on California, which Douglas E. Kupel regards as "the great exception" among western states, too much on national water policies, and too much on agriculture instead of cities. The book does a good job of discussing the evolution of the water systems of Arizona's three largest communities: Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. Much like Sarah Elkind's Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland, 1880–1930 (1998), it contributes to our understanding of western urban history. Nevertheless, this book is far less sophisticated and wise than Elkind's study. It will serve historians of Arizona well, but it does not provide a new perspective on water in the American West or in the United States.

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