Sustaining Lake Superior

Sustaining Lake Superior
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9780300212983
ISBN-13 : 0300212984
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Download or read book Sustaining Lake Superior written by Nancy Langston and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ONE: Ecological History of the Lake Superior Basin -- TWO: Industrializing the Forests, 1870s to 1930s -- THREE: The Postwar Pollution Boom -- FOUR: Taconite and the Fight over Reserve Mining Company -- FIVE: Mining Pollution Debates, 1950s Through the 1970s -- SIX: Mining, Toxics, and Environmental Justice for the Anishinaabe -- SEVEN: The Mysteries of Toxaphene and Toxic Fish -- EIGHT: The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements -- NINE: Climate Change, Contaminants, and the Future of Lake Superior -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z


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