The dawn of green :: Manchester, Thirlmere, and modern environmentalism /

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation-and helped launch the environ...

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1. Verfasser: Ritvo, Harriet, 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
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Zusammenfassung:Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation-and helped launch the environmental movement as we know it. Purchased by the city of Manchester in the 1870s, Thirlmere was dammed and converted into a reservoir, its water piped one hundred miles south to the burgeoning industrial city and its workforce. This feat of civil engineering-and of natural resource diversio.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
ISBN:9780226720845
0226720845
1282463144
9781282463141