Power on the Hudson : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism / / Robert D. Lifset
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 333.91/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Storm King Mountain (N.Y.) |
| Classificazione: | HIS036080HIS036060SCI026000SCI024000 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Valley. Some historical background on these topics reveals how they influenced the struggle over the Storm King project. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Power on the Hudson |
| ISBN: | 0-8229-7955-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791177303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
History of the urban environment.