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Power on the Hudson : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism / Robert D. Lifset.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lifset, Robert, 1974- author.
- Series:
- History of the urban environment.
- History of the Urban Environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric power-plants--Environmental aspects--New York (State).
- Electric power-plants.
- Environmental policy--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.).
- Environmental policy.
- Environmentalism--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--20th century.
- Environmentalism.
- Storm King Mountain (N.Y.).
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822979555
- 0822979551
- OCLC:
- 885455997
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