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RECORD NUMBER: 1704 OF 1952Main Title | The organic machine / | |||||||||||
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Author | White, Richard, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Hill and Wang, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1995 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 31738572 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0809035596; 9780809035595; 9780809015832; 0809015838 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Columbia River--History ; Columbia River Region--History ; Human beings--Effect of environment on--Columbia River ; Human beings--Effect of environment on--Columbia River Region ; Nature--Effect of human beings on--Columbia River ; Nature--Effect of human beings on--Columbia River Region ; United States--Columbia River ; United States--Columbia River Region ; Anthropogener Einfluss ; Flusskunde ; Naturschutz ; Columbia River Valley--History ; Man--Influence on nature--Columbia River ; Man--Influence on nature--Columbia River Region ; Man--Infleunce of environment--Columbia River ; Man--Influence of environment--Columbia River Region | |||||||||||
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Collation | xi, 130 pages ; 22 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-124) and index. |
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Contents Notes | In The Organic Machine, Richard White, a distinguished historian and leading scholar of the American West, explores the intimate relationship between nature and mankind along the Columbia River. Working on the cutting edge of environmental and social history, White demonstrates how, over the centuries, both native peoples and settlers have continually remade the river, treating it as a machine designed to churn out energy and sustenance. He assesses the impact on the Northwest ecology of enterprises that have marked the river's history, from salmon fishing to the Hanford Energy Works nuclear plant, and eloquently reveals the insights and illusions of those who work with the river. 1. Knowing nature through labor -- 2. Putting the river to work -- 3. The power of the river -- 4. Salmon. |