An Open Pit Visible from the Moon: The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sowards, Adam M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Oklahoma Press 2020
Edition:1st ed
Series:The Environment in Modern North America Ser. v.2
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Abstract:An Open Pit Visible from the Moon tells the story of this historic struggle to define the contours of the Wilderness Act--its possibilities and limits. Combining rigorous analysis and deft storytelling, Adam M. Sowards re-creates the contest between Kennecott and its shareholders on one hand and activists on the other, intent on maintaining wilderness as a place immune to the calculus of profit
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (251 Seiten)
ISBN:9780806167046