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Rouge River Revived - How People Are Bringing Their River Back to Life (Paperback)
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Rouge River Revived - How People Are Bringing Their River Back to Life (Paperback)
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List price R615
Loot Price R558
Discovery Miles 5 580
You Save R57 (9%)
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The Rouge River is a mostly urbanized watershed of about 500 square
miles populated by nearly 1.4 million people. While not
geographically large, the river has played an outsized role in the
history of southeast Michigan, most famously housing Ford's massive
Rouge Factory, designed by architect Albert Kahn and later
memorialized in Diego Rivera's renowned "Detroit Industry" murals.
In recent decades, the story of the Rouge River has also been one
of grassroots environmental activism. After pollution from the Ford
complex and neighboring factories literally caused the river to
catch on fire in 1969, community groups launched a Herculean effort
to restore and protect the watershed. Today the Rouge stands as one
of the most successful examples of urban river revival in the
country. Rouge River Revived describes the river's history from
pre-European times into the 21st century. Chapters cover topics
such as Native American life on the Rouge; indigenous flora and
fauna over time; the river's role in the founding of local cities;
its key involvement in Detroit's urban development and intensive
industrialization; and the dramatic clean-up arising from citizen
concern and activism. This book is not only a history of the
environment of the Rouge River, but also of the complex and
evolving relationship between humans and natural spaces.
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