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Reasonable use : the people, the environment, and the state, New England, 1790-1930 / John T. Cumbler.
LIBRA GF504.C65 C85 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cumbler, John T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Connecticut River Valley.
- Nature.
- Human ecology--Connecticut River Valley.
- Human ecology.
- Industrialization--Connecticut River Valley.
- Industrialization.
- Environmental degradation--Connecticut River Valley.
- Environmental degradation.
- Environmental policy--Connecticut River Valley.
- Environmental policy.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Connecticut River Valley--Environmental conditions.
- Connecticut River Valley.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book is a study of the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the environment of New England in general and the Connecticut River Valley in particular, and of the varied public responses the impact engendered. The narrative engages the reader with biographical vignettes woven into the larger narrative and crosses several historical fields by combining industrial, urban, environmental, legal, and political history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195138139
- OCLC:
- 45166694
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