Title: Reasonable use : the people, the environment, and the state, New England, 1790-1930 /
Authors: Cumbler, John T.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Nature Effect of human beings on Connecticut River Valley.; Human ecology Connecticut River Valley.; Industrialization Connecticut River Valley.; Environmental degradation Connecticut River Valley.; Environmental policy Connecticut River Valley.; Connecticut River Valley Environmental conditions.
Abstract: "In Reasonable Use, Cumbler weaves analysis and biographical vignettes into an engaging narrative that crosses several fields, combining industrial, urban, environmental, legal and political history."--Jacket.
Contents: The land, the river, and the people : the Connecticut Valley, 1790-1830 -- From milling to manufacturing : from villages to mill towns -- Cities and industry, sewage and waste -- Pre-1860 responses to change : views of the public good -- Fish, the people, and Theodore Lyman : the moderate approach -- Health, state medicine, and Henry Ingersoll Bowditch : the radical approach -- Cooperation, conflict, and reaction -- Industrial waste, germs, and pollution : the battle over pollution -- "Most beautiful sewer" -- Farmers, fishers, and sportsmen -- New England, the nation, and us.