Power on the Hudson [electronic resource] : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism / Robert D. Lifset.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014. 2015); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 309 pages) :) illustrations, mapsISBN:- 9780822979555
- 0822979551
- TD195.E4 L54 2014
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
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.
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