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The land between the lakes : a geography of the forgotten future /

"Between Barkley and Kentucky Lakes--two great, artificial bodies of water in western Tennessee and western Kentucky--lies a wooded land that looks from above like the flattened thumb of a green giant. Once a land of marginal farms and small settlements, this 240-square-mile peninsula, known as...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foresta, Ronald A., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a "This is the first full-scale look at LBL, which has been managed by the TVA since its beginning. In part environmental history, this book focuses on public policy issues and the successes and failures of New Deal and then Great Society programs and concentrates fairly intensively on public planning"--  |c Provided by publisher 
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505 0 |a Introduction; 1. At the Level Sea; 2. Beauty and Permanence; 3. A Land Without Prospects; 4. The Ills of Affluence; 5. The Far-Sighted Standard; 6. Ideals and Tactics; 7. The Green Gift; 8. A Disappearing Future; 9. New Realities; 10. A Place Without a Point; 11. Endgame; Conclusion: The Lessons of the Land Between the Lakes; Notes; Sources Cited; Index. 
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