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UNINA9910791177303321 |
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Autore |
Lifset Robert <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Power on the Hudson : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism / / Robert D. Lifset |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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History of the Urban Environment |
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HIS036080HIS036060SCI026000SCI024000 |
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Disciplina |
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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 |
Storm King Mountain (N.Y.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. 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, 1980-2012. |
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The story of the Storm King Mountain power project involves three things, each of which was undergoing tremendous change in the 1960's and 1970's: environmentalism, energy, and the Hudson River |
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Valley. Some historical background on these topics reveals how they influenced the struggle over the Storm King project. |
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UNINA9910780063303321 |
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Community colleges [[electronic resource] ] : policy in the future context / / edited by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly |
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Westport, Conn., : Ablex, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Educational policy in the 21st century ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TownsendBarbara K |
TwomblySusan B |
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Community colleges - United States |
Higher education and state - United States |
Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Governmental Policies Affecting Community Colleges; 2 Federal Policies and Community Colleges A Mix of Federal and Local Influences; 3 Statewide Governance Structures and Two Year Colleges; 4 Accountability in Community Colleges Looking toward the 21st Century; 5 The Buffered and the Buffeted Institution Globalization and the Community College; 6 Policy Directions for K-14 Education-Looking to the Future; 7 State Policies and the Community College's Role in Workforce Preparation |
8 State Dual Credit Policy and Its Implications for Community Colleges Lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century9 Statewide Transfer and Articulation Policies Current Practices and Emerging Issues; 10 Reframing Remediation as a Systemic Phenomenon A Comparative Analysis of Remediation in Two States; 11 Teaching and Learning in the New Information Age State System Policies for Technology; 12 SUNY General Education Reform and the Community Colleges; 13 Institutional Policies That Promote Persistence among First Year Community College Students |
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Conclusion The Future of Community College Policy in the 21st CenturyIndex; About the Editors and Contributors |
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This text addresses the various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges and speculates about future policy options within the current policy context. |
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