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The battle over Hetch Hetchy : America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism /
Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198034100 0198034105 1423720105 9781423720102 9780195149470 0195149475 1602568286 9781602568280 128048201X 9781280482014 9786610482016 6610482012 0199882061 9780199882069 |