The battle over Hetch Hetchy America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism /
Righter, Robert W.
The battle over Hetch Hetchy America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism / [electronic resource] : Robert W. Righter. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxii, 303 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement.
9780199788934 (ebook) : No price
Water-supply--History.--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Water resources development--Political aspects--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Environmentalism--United States.
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
TD225.S25
363.610979447
The battle over Hetch Hetchy America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism / [electronic resource] : Robert W. Righter. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxii, 303 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement.
9780199788934 (ebook) : No price
Water-supply--History.--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Water resources development--Political aspects--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Environmentalism--United States.
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
TD225.S25
363.610979447