Watershed by Elizabeth Grossman - ISBN: 9781582431086
Hardcover
A close examination of the questions facing communities across the United States where dam removal is on the environmental and political agenda.. Dams and diversions along America’s rivers have transformed the country and in doing so created environmental problems whose resolution will, in many ways…

Watershed

The Undamning of America

$52.70

  • Hardcover

    260 pages

  • Release Date

    30 May 2002

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Summary

Questioning the value of dams requires a serious readjustment in the country’s notion of progress, a prospect threatening to some and daunting to all. Watershed examines the implications of dam removal to America’s rivers and their communities by exploring the stories of a number of places where dam removal and river restoration are now underway. This is a story of people and place, and of a vital turning point in the nation’s relationship to its rivers.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781582431086
ISBN-10:1582431086
Author:Elizabeth Grossman
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:260
Release Date:30 May 2002
Weight:540g
Dimensions:241mm x 155mm
About The Author

Elizabeth Grossman

Elizabeth Grossman is the author of High Tech Trash, Watershed, and Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones, The Nation, Salon, The Washington Post, and other publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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