Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico - Paperbackby K. Maria D. Lane (Author) An unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico's modern water management system. Maria Lane's Fluid Geographies traces New Mexico's transition from a community based to an expert led system of water management during the pre statehood era. To understand this major shift, Lane carefully examines the primary conflict of the time, which pitted Indigenous and Nuevomexicano communities, with their long established