Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism

by Robert D. Lifset

The beauty of the Hudson River Valley was a legendary subject for artists during the nineteenth century. They portrayed its bucolic settings and humans in harmony with nature as the physical manifestation of God's work on earth. More than a hundred years later, those sentiments would be tested as never before. In the fall of 1962, Consolidated Edison of New York, the nation's largest utility company, announced plans for the construction of a pumped-storage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822963051
• ISBN13: 9780822963059
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"