Author: RIGHTER, ROBERT W. Title: The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism
Description: New York, Oxford University Press. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0195149475) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 303pp. A detailed re-telling of the controversial damning of the Tuolumne River in California to provide much-needed water for San Francisco. It was completed in 1923. This account tells the full story for the first time - an exemplary environmental history. Hardback extremely scarce in the UK. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: America, Water Supply, Politics, San Francisco, Social History Nature 0195149475
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 024862
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