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Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream
Char Miller
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Description for Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RGC; RNK; RNT; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
In Not So Golden State, leading environmental historian Char Miller looks below the surface of California's ecological history to expose some of its less glittering conundrums. In this necessary book, he asks the tough questions as we stand on the edge of a human-induced natural disaster in the region and beyond. He details policy steps and missteps in public land management, examines the impact of recreation on national forests, parks, and refuges, and assesses efforts to restore wild land habitat, riparian ecosystems, and endangered species. Why, during a devastating five-year drought, Miller asks, is the Central Valley's agribusiness still ... Read more
In Not So Golden State, leading environmental historian Char Miller looks below the surface of California's ecological history to expose some of its less glittering conundrums. In this necessary book, he asks the tough questions as we stand on the edge of a human-induced natural disaster in the region and beyond. He details policy steps and missteps in public land management, examines the impact of recreation on national forests, parks, and refuges, and assesses efforts to restore wild land habitat, riparian ecosystems, and endangered species. Why, during a devastating five-year drought, Miller asks, is the Central Valley's agribusiness still ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trinity University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595347824
SKU
V9781595347824
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99-15
About Char Miller
Char Miller, formerly a professor of history at Trinity University, is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College. He is the author of the award-winning Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas, and Public Lands/Public Debates: A Century of Controversy, as well ... Read more
Reviews for Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream
"Miller tells stories to remind us that we inhabit a particular geography, and to inspire collective action... his essays blend historical record with personal narrative... makes personal the region's environmental past."
Los Angeles Review of Books
Los Angeles Review of Books