The snail darter and the dam: how pork-barrel politics endangered a little fish and killed a river
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1. Verfasser: Plater, Zygmunt J. B. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale Univ. Press 2013
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
God is speaking, by committee -- Of time, a river, and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- At the old fort : the start of a crusade for a little fish -- Pushing the snail darter onto the endangered species list -- Trial and tribulation in TVA's home court -- An appeal for justice as bulldozers roll -- The snail darter goes to Washington -- Endangered, on the banks of the Potomac -- The snail darter gets its Congressional hearings -- The highest court? -- Another trial and vindication, in the God tribunal -- 140 days of a slow-ticking clock, ending in 42 seconds -- A phone call from Air Force One -- A few years later, on the CBS evening news
Beschreibung:xvi, 369 S. Ill., Kt. 25 cm
ISBN:9780300173246

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