River of Renewal - Myth and History in the Klamath Basin

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Most is a playwright and documentary storyteller. He has contributed to numerous documentary films, including Emmy Award winners Wonders of Nature and Promises and the Academy Award-nominated Berkeley in the Sixties . His plays Medicine Show, Watershed , and A Free Country dramatize events in Pacific Northwest history.To listen to an interview with Stephen Most entitled Klappentext Stephen Most is a playwright and documentary storyteller. He has contributed to numerous documentary films, including Emmy Award winners Wonders of Nature and Promises and the Academy Award-nominated Berkeley in the Sixties . His plays Medicine Show, Watershed , and A Free Country dramatize events in Pacific Northwest history.To listen to an interview with Stephen Most entitled Zusammenfassung A dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration! and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Headwaters 1. Land of Waters 2. Manifest Destiny 3. Theater of War 4. Reclaiming the Land Part Two. The Mouth of the Klamath 5. Rekwoi 6. Between Two Worlds 7. The Inland Whale 8. Salmon War Stories 9. Water, Fish, and Politics Part Three. Upriver 10. The Dam and the Weir 11. Coyote's Journey 12. The Road Not Taken 13. Smokey, Bigfoot, and the Owl 14. Beneath the Surface 15. The State of Jefferson Part Four. Fixing the World 16. Land, Water, and Livelihood 17. The Bucket on Main Street 18. Stakeholders Notes and Sources Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Most
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.2006
• EAN: 9780295986227
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98622-7
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: River of Renewal
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Soziologie, Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Westen, Pazifikstaaten, Pacific States, Dörfer, Landgemeinden, History - U.S., SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural