Battles of the North Country

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-62534-364-2
Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Environmental History of the Northeast

The Adirondack region is trapped in a cycle of conflict. Nature lovers advocate for the preservation of wilderness, while sports enthusiasts demand infrastructure for recreation. Local residents seek economic opportunities, while environmentalists fight industrial or real estate growth. These clashes have played out over the course of the twentieth century and continue into the twenty-first.

Through a series of case studies, historian Jonathan D. Anzalone highlights the role of public and private interests in the region and shows how partnerships frayed and realigned in the course of several key developments: the rise of camping in the 1920s and 1930s; the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics; the construction of a highway to the top of Whiteface Mountain; the postwar rise of downhill skiing; the completion of I-87 and the resulting demand for second homes; and the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Battles of the North Country reveals how class, economic self-interest, state power, and a wide range of environmental concerns have shaped modern politics in the Adirondacks and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anzalone, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Denkansätze und Ideologie der Umweltschützer
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan D. Anzalone is lecturer and assistant director at the Center for News Literacy in the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University.