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Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
Mayordomo Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
Author: Stanley Crawford
Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.
ISBN-13: 9780826314451
ISBN-10: 0826314457
Publication Date: 7/1/1993
Pages: 243
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Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Book Type: Paperback
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This is an elegant little book that is a must read for anybody who wants to understand water issues in the Southwest and in particular, the unique and distinctly northern NM culture of acequias, the simple community ditches that are complex with history and human nature.


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