STANISLAUS, THE STRUGGLE FOR A RIVER.
by Palmer, Tim
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some crinkling to back cover of dj)./near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520046056
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046054
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1982). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some crinkling to back cover of dj).. First printing. "The story of the struggle to save the Stanislaus, first waged by a small group of whitewater enthusiasts, but later to involve conservationists, economists, state water experts, Congressmen, and also thousands of citizens" - a battle which the conservationists lost, but one which was very influential in the long term. The New Melones dam in 1979 was the last major dam project in California. Frontispiece map. Illustrated with photographs including a section of full color photographs of the wild river. Sources, index. 297 pp.
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- Title
- STANISLAUS, THE STRUGGLE FOR A RIVER.
- Author
- Palmer, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some crinkling to back cover of dj).
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520046056
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046054
- Publisher
- University of California Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (1982)
- Keywords
- conservation, wild rivers, environment, dam building, water resources, water use,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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