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Author:

Makley, Michael J.

Title:

Saving Lake Tahoe : an environmental history of a national treasure / Michael J. Makley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Nevada Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 233 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--History.
Natural history--Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--Environmental conditions.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--History.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Politics and government.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.

Contents:

Clear-cutting the grandeur -- Trades -- Using the lake -- The boom -- Opposing goals -- Impossible conditions -- Changing direction -- Approving development -- Influences -- War between the states -- Sagebrush and a submarine -- New ministrations, old frustrations -- Elusive agreements -- Litigating the issues -- Damages and courts -- The summit -- Conflicting hopes -- Green versus green -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0874179343 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780874179347 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862222243

LCCN:

2013041105

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)