Research Catalog

Title

The snail darter and the dam : how pork-barrel politics endangered a little fish and killed a river / Zygmunt J.B. Plater.

Author

Plater, Zygmunt J. B., 1943-

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

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Details

Description

xvi, 369 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Tennessee Valley Authority
• United States
• Environmental policy > United States
• Percina tanasi > Law and legislation
• Endangered species > Government policy > United States
• Endangered species > Law and legislation > United States
• Rare fishes > Government policy > United States
• Tellico Dam (Tenn.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359) and index.

Contents

God is speaking, by committee -- Of time, a river, and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- At the old fort : the start of a crusade for a little fish -- Pushing the snail darter onto the endangered species list -- Trial and tribulation in TVA's home court -- An appeal for justice as bulldozers roll -- The snail darter goes to Washington -- Endangered, on the banks of the Potomac -- The snail darter gets its Congressional hearings -- The highest court? -- Another trial and vindication, in the God tribunal -- 140 days of a slow-ticking clock, ending in 42 seconds -- A phone call from Air Force One -- A few years later, on the CBS evening news.

Call Number

JFE 13-7836

ISBN

• 9780300173246 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0300173245 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2012047816

OCLC

813392785

Author

Plater, Zygmunt J. B., 1943-

Title

The snail darter and the dam : how pork-barrel politics endangered a little fish and killed a river / Zygmunt J.B. Plater.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-7836