Robert Kelley is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of The Shaping of the American Past and several other highly esteemed books.

• ForewordPreface1 The Sacramento Valley: Eden Invaded2 The Interplay of American Political Culture and Reclamation Policy: The 1850s3 The Failed Dream: The Swampland Commissioners Experiment, 1861-18684 Crisis on the Yuba and the Feather: The 1860s5 The Struggle Begins: Sutter County in Siege, 1866-18756 Colusa. the Sacramento River. and the Argument over What to Do: 1850s-1870s7 The Levee-Building Spiral Begins: 1867-18808 The Parks Dam War:The North and the South in Arms Again, 1871-18769 California Mobilizes for a New Assault on the Inland Sea: 1878-188010 The Great Drainage Act Fight and the Reversion to Flood Control Anarchy: 1880-188611 Reentry: 1886-190212 A Policy Context Transformed: The Progressive Era and the Revival of Planning, 1902-613 The New American State Drains the Inland Sea: The Sacramento Flood Control ProjectBecomes Reality, 1907-192014 A Valley Transformed:1905-198615 Reflections: The Sacramento Valley as a Case Study in American Political Culture andthe Policy ProcessNotesBibliographyIndex

Robert Kelley is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of The Shaping of the American Past and several other highly esteemed books.

• ForewordPreface1 The Sacramento Valley: Eden Invaded2 The Interplay of American Political Culture and Reclamation Policy: The 1850s3 The Failed Dream: The Swampland Commissioners Experiment, 1861-18684 Crisis on the Yuba and the Feather: The 1860s5 The Struggle Begins: Sutter County in Siege, 1866-18756 Colusa. the Sacramento River. and the Argument over What to Do: 1850s-1870s7 The Levee-Building Spiral Begins: 1867-18808 The Parks Dam War:The North and the South in Arms Again, 1871-18769 California Mobilizes for a New Assault on the Inland Sea: 1878-188010 The Great Drainage Act Fight and the Reversion to Flood Control Anarchy: 1880-188611 Reentry: 1886-190212 A Policy Context Transformed: The Progressive Era and the Revival of Planning, 1902-613 The New American State Drains the Inland Sea: The Sacramento Flood Control ProjectBecomes Reality, 1907-192014 A Valley Transformed:1905-198615 Reflections: The Sacramento Valley as a Case Study in American Political Culture andthe Policy ProcessNotesBibliographyIndex