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Righter, Robert W.

The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism

Oxford University Press, 2005

30.00 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
2005
ISBN
0195149475
Place of printing
New York
Author
Righter, Robert W.
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Size
9.5 x 6.5 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
America, Water Supply, Politics, San Francisco,
Cover description
Near Fine
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

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.
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