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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Righter, Robert W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The uses of the valley
  • The imperial city and water
  • Water, earthquake, and fire
  • Two views of one valley
  • San Francisco to "show cause"
  • Congress decides
  • To build a dam
  • The power controversy
  • The legacies of Hetch Hetchy
  • Restoration.