Murder of a landscape
Subtitle: the California farmer-smelter war, 1897-1916
By: by Khaled J. Bloom.
Series: Western lands and waters series -- 24
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870623967
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Environmental disasters -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Copper smelting -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Farmers -- California -- Shasta County -- Political activity -- History; Social conflict -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Desertification -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Landscape -- California -- Shasta County -- History; Shasta County (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions; Shasta County (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century; Shasta County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The interest of this community"; title: "The right of the government to equitable relief"; title: "This part of California is literally scorched"; title: "They continue, serenely, to destroy, devastate, and kill"; title: "A picture of woeful and absolute desolation"; title: Epilogue.