Book ID: CBB567294913

Sustaining Lake Superior: An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World (2017)

unapi

Langston, Nancy (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 312 pages
Language: English

A compelling exploration of Lake Superior’s conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation. But in the past fifty years it has experienced a remarkable recovery and rebirth. In this important book, leading environmental historian Nancy Langston offers a rich portrait of the lake’s environmental and social history, asking what lessons we should take from the conservation recovery as this extraordinary lake faces new environmental threats.   In her insightful exploration, Langston reveals hope in ecosystem resilience and the power of community advocacy, noting ways Lake Superior has rebounded from the effects of deforestation and toxic waste wrought by mining and paper manufacturing. Yet, despite the lake’s resilience, threats persist. Langston cautions readers regarding new mining interests and persistent toxic pollutants that are mobilizing with climate change.

...More
Reviewed By

Review Daniel Macfarlane (July 2018) Review of "Sustaining Lake Superior: An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World". Environmental History (pp. 638-639). unapi

Review Sutter, Paul S. (October 2019) Review of "Sustaining Lake Superior: An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World". Technology and Culture (pp. 1116-1117). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB567294913/

Similar Citations

Book François Jarrige; Thomas Le Roux; (2021)
The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age (/isis/citation/CBB416267621/)

Chapter Shigeo Sugiyama; (2015)
Minamata Disease: Interaction Between Government, Scientists, and Media (/isis/citation/CBB331853390/)

Book Rodríguez Ocaña, Esteban; Ballester Añón, Rosa; Perdiguero, Enrique; Medina Doménech, Rosa María; Molero Mesa, Jorge; (2003)
La acción médico-social contra el paludismo en la España metropolitana y colonial del siglo XX (/isis/citation/CBB000410654/)

Article Valoree S. Gagnon; Emma S Norman; Hugh S Gorman; (2016)
Local Impacts, Global Sources: The Governance of Boundary-Crossing Chemicals (/isis/citation/CBB473255033/)

Book Pietz, David Allen; (2015)
The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China (/isis/citation/CBB001553584/)

Essay Review Josephson, Paul; (2013)
Science and Technology in the International Arena (/isis/citation/CBB001566265/)

Book Richard S. Newman; (2016)
Love Canal: A Toxic History from Colonial Times to the Present (/isis/citation/CBB272782783/)

Book Williams, Michael; (2003)
Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis (/isis/citation/CBB000301638/)

Article Matthew P. Johnson; (October 2019)
Black Gold of Paradise: Negotiating Oil Pollution in the US Virgin Islands, 1966–2012 (/isis/citation/CBB282414761/)

Book James V. Hillegas-Elting; (2018)
Speaking for the River: Confronting Pollution on the Willamette, 1920s-1970s (/isis/citation/CBB486173762/)

Article Christy Spackman; Gary A. Burlingame; (June 2018)
Sensory politics: The tug-of-war between potability and palatability in municipal water production (/isis/citation/CBB215070697/)

Book Wohl, Ellen; (2010)
A World of Rivers: Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Greatest Rivers (/isis/citation/CBB001201858/)

Book Lehner, Peter; Deans, Bob; (2010)
In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and Ending Our Oil Addiction (/isis/citation/CBB001033677/)

Article David A. Dzombak; (Winter 2011)
Nutrient Control in Large-Scale U.S. Watersheds (/isis/citation/CBB046038065/)

Book Reed, Peter; (2014)
Acid Rain and the Rise of the Environmental Chemist in Nineteenth-Century Britain (/isis/citation/CBB001551515/)

Article Sellers, Christopher; (2004)
The Artificial Nature of Fluoridated Water: Between Nations, Knowledge, and Material Flows (/isis/citation/CBB000750327/)

Chapter Lucas, Anton; Djati, Arief W.; (2007)
The Politics of Environmental and Water Pollution in East Java (/isis/citation/CBB000960077/)

Authors & Contributors
Valoree S. Gagnon
Spackman, Christy C. W.
Dzombak, David A.
Johnson, Matthew P.
Newman, Richard S.
Williams, Michael
Concepts
Water pollution
Environmental pollution
Pollution
Air pollution
Environmentalism
Chemical pollution
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
China
Great Britain
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Love Canal
Danube river
Institutions
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment