Who controls access to water remains a deeply contentious issue across the world. From legal questions originating in the mid to late nineteenth century to the political impact of the Mexican Revolution and postrevolutionary period, Mikael D. Wolfe examines the historical context of this subject in Mexico. Wolfe focuses on how the Mexican state made sense of water rights and regulated access, particularly in the rich agricultural zone known as the Comarca Lagunera in the northern states of Durango and Coahuila. The scope and historical range is impressive. It is a narrative understood through the perspectives of engineers, bureaucratic officials, national and regional elites, community leaders, and private investors as they debated and contested technological interventions in the natural environment.

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墨西哥-为革命浇水：墨西哥土地改革的环境和技术史。Mikael D. Wolfe着。达勒姆（Durham）：杜克大学出版社（Duke University Press），2017年。336. $ 94.95布；$ 26.95纸。

谁来控制水的获取仍然是世界范围内极具争议的问题。从19世纪中叶后期提出的法律问题，到墨西哥革命和革命后时期的政治影响，米凯尔·D·沃尔夫（Mikael D. Wolfe）考察了墨西哥这一主题的历史背景。沃尔夫（Wolfe）着重研究墨西哥州如何理解水权和如何规范用水，特别是在北部杜兰戈州和科阿韦拉州的农业区Comarca Lagunera。范围和历史范围令人印象深刻。这是从工程师，官僚官员，国家和地区精英，社区领袖以及私人投资者在辩论和辩论自然环境中的技术干预的角度理解的一种叙述。