{"product_id":"fluid-geographies-k-maria-d-lane-9780226294827","title":"Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico's modern water management system.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maria Lane's \u003ci\u003eFluid Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e traces New Mexico's transition from a community-based to an expert-led system of water management during the pre-statehood era. To understand this major shift, Lane carefully examines the primary conflict of the time, which pitted Indigenous and \u003ci\u003eNuevomexicano \u003c\/i\u003ecommunities, with their long-established systems of irrigation management, against Anglo-American settlers, who benefitted from centralized bureaucratic management of water. The newcomers' system eventually became settled law, but water disputes have continued throughout the district courts of New Mexico's Rio Grande watershed ever since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using a fine-grained analysis of legislative texts and nearly two hundred district court cases, Lane analyzes evolving cultural patterns and attitudes toward water use and management in a pivotal time in New Mexico's history. Illuminating complex themes for a general audience, \u003ci\u003eFluid Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers understand how settler colonialism constructed a racialized understanding of scientific expertise and legitimized the dispossession of nonwhite communities in New Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. Maria D. Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022629482X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226294827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"K. Maria D. Lane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46173101654271,"sku":"9780226294827","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad24e8a3-778a-4b7a-a8bb-b77bba8ad7d8.jpg?v=1727179995","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fluid-geographies-k-maria-d-lane-9780226294827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}