Power on the Hudson : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism /

The beauty of the Hudson River Valley was a legendary subject for artists during the nineteenth century. They portrayed its bucolic settings and humans in harmony with nature as the physical manifestation of God's work on earth. More than a hundred years later, those sentiments would be tested...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lifset, Robert, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburg, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2014]
©2014
Colección:History of the urban environment.
Temas:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.
1900-1999
Electric power-plants > Environmental aspects > New York (State)
Environmental policy > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Environmentalism > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > History > 20th century.
Centrales électriques > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État)
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.)
Environnementalisme > Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Electric power-plants > Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Environmentalism
Storm King Mountain (N.Y.)
New York (State)
New York (State) > Storm King Mountain
United States > Hudson River Valley
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Environmentalism, Energy, and the Hudson River Valley
  • Part 1. The Growing Importance of Ecology within Environmentalism: Storm King, 1962-1965
  • 1. The Co-optation of Establishment Environmentalism and the Emergence of Scenic Hudson
  • 2. Scenic Hudson's Losing Effort
  • 3. Scenic Hudson Finds Ecology and the Zeitgeist
  • 4. The Politics of Storm King
  • 5. The Scenic Hudson Case
  • Part II. The Struggle between Energy and Environmentalism: Storm King, 1966-1972
  • 6. The Federal Power Commission versus Environmentalists
  • 7. Scenic Hudson Attacks Con Ed's Political Support
  • 8. The Expansion of Environmentalism in the Hudson River Valley
  • Part III. A New Balance of Power: Storm King, 1970-1980
  • 9. The Proliferation of Lawsuits in the Hudson River Valley
  • 10. The Sex Life of Striped Bass and Con Ed's Near-Death Experience
  • 11. The Hudson River Peace Treaty of 1980
  • Epilogue: The Legacy of Storm King, 1981-2012
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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