Reasonable use the people, the environment, and the state, New England, 1790-1930 - Cumbler, John T. (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 The Land, the River, and the People: The Connecticut Valley, 1790-1830 2 From Milling to Manufacturing: From Villages to Mill Towns 3 Cities and Industry, Sewage and Waste 4 Pre-1860 Responses to Change: Views of the Public Good 5 Fish, the People, and Theodore Lyman: The Moderate Approach 6 Health, State Medicine, and Henry Ingersoll Bowditch: The Radical Approach 7 Cooperation, Conflict, and Reaction 8 Industrial Waste, Germs, and Pollution: The Battle over Pollution 9 "Most Beautiful Sewer" 10 Farmers, Fishers, and Sportsmen 11 New England, the Nation, and Us
This text is a study of the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the environment of New England in general and the Connecticut River Valley in particular, and of the varied public responses to the change engendered by the impact. Part one begins with a look at the early ways of life in the valley such as the struggle to extract a living and the transformation away from settled agriculture. Part two looks at the responses to these changes and into the roots of emerging social, economic, and political conflicts in the region. Part three argues that out of these conflicts emerged the idea of the state as mediating influence