In this new edition of Northwest Passage , Dietrich updates the status of the mighty Columbia River, discussing the health of its salmon runs, the state of its dams, and the river's growing importance in light of climate change.
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"An engaging case study of a whole bundle of environmental and social issues (pollution, hydropower politics, Indian rights, resource economics) that should matter to people all over the country."
(New York Times Book Review) "A wonderful, disturbing, and thought-provoking history of the Columbia River, Northwest Passage is a remarkable book, first of all in its scope and complexity. Here is a fine blend of natural history, of human history, and of political history."
(Washington Post Book World)
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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978-0-295-99932-6 (9780295999326)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
William Dietrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for his coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, is the author of Natural Grace: The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants, The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest, and popular fiction.
Introduction to the 2016 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Picnic in the Coulee
2. The River of Imagination
3. Vagrant and Most Dangerous
4. Beginning and End
5. The Sculpted River
6. Comcomly's Head
7. In Heathen Lands to Dwell
8. The River That Was
9. Out Here
10. The Inland Empire
11. The Electric Revolution
12. The Biggest Thing on Earth
13. The House of Lies
14. The Salmon Gauntlet
15. The Poisoned River
16. Cloudville
Epilogue
A Columbia River Chronology
Major Dams of the Columbia Basin
Bibliography
Index
