The battle over Hetch Hetchy
Subtitle: America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism
By: Robert W. Righter.
Contributors: Richardson, Elmo, donor.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Water-supply -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History; Water resources development -- Political aspects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; Environmentalism -- United States; Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
Description: Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-277) and index.

WSU MASC copy donated by Elmo Richardson.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-122238116.