Susquehanna, River of Dreams

Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-8018-5147-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

In Susquehanna, River of Dreams award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan tells the sweeping story of one of America's great rivers – ranging in time from the Susquehanna's geologic origins to the modern threats to its eco-system, describing human settlements, industry and pollution, and recent efforts to save the river and its "drowned estuary," the Chesapeake Bay. The result is a unique natural history of the vast Susquehanna watershed and a compelling look at environmental issues of national importance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stranahan, Susan Q

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1. Geology – "Nature's Handiwork on Display"
Chapter 2. Economic Development – "A Race For the River!"
Chapter 3. Logging – "The Trees Came Down Like Tall Grass"
Chapter 4. Floods – "We Are Going to Try to Beat the River"
Chapter 5. Pollution – "A Trifling Inconvenience"
Chapter 6. Nuclear Development – "There Is Absolutely No Danger"
Chapter 7. Farming – "Stewards of This Garden"
Chapter 8. Shad Restoration – "You Can't Be Half-Hearted"
Chapter 9.The River and the Bay – "A Long-Term investment"
Epilogue
Recommended Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stranahan, Susan Q
Susan Q. Stranahan is an award-winning journalist who was a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer team awarded a 1980 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Three Mile Island accident. She is the co-author of Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster and Beyond the Flames: One Toxic Dump, Two Decades of Sorrow.