The Interior West: The Land Nobody Wanted

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Complete Record: Shows the West as a land of high, broken plateaus and lonely stretches of desert. Illustrates how irrigation and modern technology have made it possible to create farmlands and build cities in the desert. Discusses the complex problems of the region--increasing demands on water supply, disputes over use of land, and competition for control of natural resources. (A second summary: Surveys the history, topography, climate, resources, and economic activities common to the region bounded by the Rocky Mountain and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Discusses the problems created by the current rapid growth of population and industry, and enlivens the presentation through brief interviews with residents.)

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