Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790-1930

Table of contents

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• Reasonable Use *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents *
• Reasonable Use *
• Introduction - The Environment, the People, and the State: The Connecticut River Valley, 1790–1930 3
• 1 - The Connecticut Valley, 1790–1830 11
• 2 - From Villages to Mill Towns 33
• 3 - Cities and Industry, Sewage and Waste 49
• 4 - Views of the Public Good 63
• 5 - The Moderate Approach 79
• 6 - The Radical Approach 103
• 7 - Cooperation, Conflict, and Reaction 119
• 8 - The Battle over Pollution 131
• 9 - Most Beautiful Sewer 147
• 10 - Farmers, Fishers, and Sportsmen 161

• Reasonable Use *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents *
• Reasonable Use *
• Introduction - The Environment, the People, and the State: The Connecticut River Valley, 1790–1930 3
• 1 - The Connecticut Valley, 1790–1830 11
• 2 - From Villages to Mill Towns 33
• 3 - Cities and Industry, Sewage and Waste 49
• 4 - Views of the Public Good 63
• 5 - The Moderate Approach 79
• 6 - The Radical Approach 103
• 7 - Cooperation, Conflict, and Reaction 119
• 8 - The Battle over Pollution 131
• 9 - Most Beautiful Sewer 147
• 10 - Farmers, Fishers, and Sportsmen 161
• 11 - New England, the Nation, and Us 181
• Notes 193
• Index 257