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008			160930s2017 wauob ob 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780295999524 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	0	_aGE198 _b.D444 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSpeece, Darren Frederick, _e1
245	1	0	_aDefending giants : _bthe redwood wars and the transformation of American environmental politics / _cDarren Frederick Speece.
260			_aSeattle : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 354 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aWeyerhaeuser environmental books
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction -- _tDeep roots -- _tThe war begins -- _tRadicalization -- _tBursting out -- _tThe transformation -- _tEpilogue.
520	0		_aGiant redwoods are American icons, paragons of grandeur, exceptionalism, and endurance. They are also symbols of conflict and negotiation, remnants of environmental battles over the limits of industrialization, profiteering, and globalization. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, logging operations have eaten away at the redwood forest, particularly areas covered by ancient giant redwoods. Today, such trees occupy a mere 120,000 acres. Their existence is testimony to the efforts of activists to rescue some of these giants from destruction. Very few conservation battles have endured longer or with more violence than on the North Coast of California, behind what locals call the Redwood Curtain. Defending Giants explores the long history of the Redwood Wars, focusing on the ways rural Americans fought for control over both North Coast society and its forests. Activists defended these trees not only because the redwood forest had dwindled in size, but also because, by the late twentieth century, the local economy was increasingly dominated by multinational corporations. The resulting conflictthe Redwood Warspitted workers and environmental activists against the rising tide of globalization and industrial logging in a complex war over endangered species, sustainable forestry, and, of course, the fate of the last ancient redwoods. Activists perched in trees and filed lawsuits, while the timber industry, led by Pacific Lumber, fought the lawsuits and used their power to halt reform efforts. Ultimately, the Clinton Administration sidestepped Congress and the courts to negotiate an innovative compromise. In the process, the Redwood Wars transformed American environmental politics by shifting the balance of power away from Congress and into the hands of the Executive Branch.
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650		0	_aEnvironmentalism _zCalifornia _xHistory.
650		0	_aForest conservation _zCalifornia _xHistory.
650		0	_aRedwoods _xConservation _zCalifornia _xHistory.
650		0	_aRedwood industry _xPolitical aspects _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aNature conservation _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aNature conservation _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1367780&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell