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The dawn of green : Manchester, Thirlmere, and modern environmentalism /
Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation-and helped launch the environ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation-and helped launch the environmental movement as we know it. Purchased by the city of Manchester in the 1870s, Thirlmere was dammed and converted into a reservoir, its water piped one hundred miles south to the burgeoning industrial city and its workforce. This feat of civil engineering-and of natural resource diversio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226720845 0226720845 1282463144 9781282463141 |