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Saving Grand Canyon : dams, deals, and a noble myth
- Title
- Saving Grand Canyon : dams, deals, and a noble myth / Byron E. Pearson.
- Author
- Pearson, Byron E., 1960-
- Publication
- Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-178 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book tells three interconnected stories: It chronicles a century of attempts to build dams in Grand Canyon and why those attempts failed. It demonstrates how the National Environmental Policy Act came out of these controversies. Finally, it debunks the myth that the Sierra Club saved Grand Canyon and shows how the club parlayed this perception into the leadership of the modern environmental movement after NEPA became law"--
- Subject
- United States
- Sierra Club > Influence
- Sierra Club
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (United States)
- Dams > Political aspects > Arizona > Grand Canyon
- Dams > Political aspects
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > History
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) > History
- Arizona > Grand Canyon
- Arizona > Grand Canyon National Park
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-330) and index.
- Contents
- "Something to be skinned" -- New lines in the sand -- Dinosaurs and rainbows -- A time for water statesmanship -- A "fjord-like setting" -- "A little closer to God" -- "Permanent massive things" -- Be careful what you wish for ... -- Alternative realities.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-178
- ISBN
- 9781948908320
- 1948908328
- LCCN
- 2019011618
- OCLC
- 1090706554
- Author
- Pearson, Byron E., 1960- author.
- Title
- Saving Grand Canyon : dams, deals, and a noble myth / Byron E. Pearson.
- Publisher
- Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-330) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-178