The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921
by
David H. DeJong
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
By 1850 the Pima Indians of central Arizona had developed a strong and sustainable agricultural economy based on irrigation. As David H. DeJong demonstrates, the Pima were an economic force in the mid-nineteenth century middle Gila River valley, producing food and fiber crops for western military...