The Dawn of Green - Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism (Paperback)

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation - and helped launch the environmental movement as we know it. Purchased by the city of Manchester in the 1870s, Thirlmere was dammed and converted into a reservoir, its water piped one hundred miles south to the burgeoning industrial city and its workforce. This feat of civil engineering - and of natural resource diversion - inspired one of the first environmental struggles of modern times. "The Dawn of Green" re-creates the battle for Thirlmere and the clashes between conservationists who wished to preserve the lake and developers eager to supply the needs of a growing urban population. Bringing to vivid life the colorful and strong-minded characters who populated both sides of the debate, noted historian Harriet Ritvo revisits notions of the natural promulgated by romantic poets, recreationists, resource managers, and industrial developers to establish Thirlmere as the template for subsequent - and continuing - environmental struggles.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	June 2012
Authors:	Harriet Ritvo
Dimensions:	229 x 156 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-72086-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Promotions
LSN:	0-226-72086-1
Barcode:	9780226720869

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