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UNINA9910791177303321 |
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Lifset Robert <1974-> |
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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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©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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Soggetti |
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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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Formato |
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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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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