SUSTAINING LAKE SUPERIOR: an extraordinary lake in a changing world 9780300212983, 9780300244519, 0300244517

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ecological history of the Lake Superior Basin -- Industrializing the forests, 1870s to 19

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English Pages xv, 292 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 25 cm Year 2019;2017

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Table of contents :
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Ecological history of the Lake Superior Basin --
Industrializing the forests, 1870s to 1930s --
The postwar pollution boom --
Taconite and the fight over Reserve Mining Company --
Mining pollution debates,1950s through the 1970s --
Mining, toxics, and environmental justice for the Anishinaabe --
The mysteries of toxaphene and toxic fish --
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements --
Climate change, contaminants, and the future of Lake Superior --
Notes --
Index.

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