Righter, Robert W. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199788934 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water-supply--History.--California--San Francisco Bay Area<br/>Water resources development--Political aspects--California--San Francisco Bay Area.<br/>Environmentalism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TD225.S25 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.610979447