Acknowledgments
Introduction Of Burial Mounds and Toxic Tombs
Part One Love Canal in the Era of Great Dreams
Ch 1 Developing Niagara, Developing Love Canal
Ch 2 Building Love's Canal
Ch 3 Master of the Chemical Machine
Ch 4 Worlds Collide at Love Canal
Part Two Love Canal in the Era of Environmentalism
Ch 5 The Problem at Love Canal
Ch 6 Growing Protest at Love Canal
Ch 7 Widening the Circle of Influence
Part Three Learning from Love Canal
Ch 8 Love Canal Lessons
Ch 9 Resettling Love Canal?
Epilogue Memory and Health at Love Canal
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Richard S. Newman is Professor of History at Rochester Institute of
Technology. A native of Buffalo, New York, he is the author and/or
editor of five previous books on abolitionism, African American
history, and environmentalism, including The Palgrave Environmental
Reader and Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church,
and the Black Founding Fathers. For fifteen years, he taught
environmental history at Rochester
Institute of Technology.
"[T]his legacy of Love Canal may provide redemption and hope."--Amy
M. Hay, The Journal of American History
"Newman manages to retell the story in a way that is fresh and
imbues Love Canal, as place and symbol, with new importance for
understanding the history of citizen activism, environmentalism,
and environmental regulation in the United States Newman's
examination of Love Canal in the longue durée of American
settlement reveals intriguing patterns in land use and attitudes
and raises questions about the future uses of remediated toxic
landscapes
The author's enthusiasm for his subject does not detract from the
immense value of the book. Although many books have been written
about this foundational event in American environmental history,
most will find this
one essential reading."--Cody Ferguson, Environmental History
"Thorough and well-written It also reminds us that the toxic
history of Love Canal will not soon end. Newman's narrative is more
complete than any that has come before. He makes excellent use of
rich source material..."--David Stradling, American Historical
Review
"The work's scientific and historical information is accurate and
supported by ample references. This is an excellent book for an
environmental policy library...Recommended."--CHOICE
"A remarkable new take on American history, this book shows both
the historical depth of our environmental crisis, and the personal
depth of the struggle against it."--Bill McKibben, author of
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
"Finally the environmental activists of Love Canal have found their
historic and heroic voices. Newman's study provides a stunning
perspective on those whose daily lives made Rachel Carson's 'fable
for tomorrow' a horrific reality."--Linda Lear, author of Rachel
Carson: Witness for Nature
"In this groundbreaking book, Richard Newman, one of the foremost
scholars of American reform movements, tells the amazing story of
Love Canal from utopian dream and dystopian nightmare to the global
environmental justice movement. Brilliantly conceived and elegantly
written, it should be req uired reading for anyone interested in
the American condition."--John Stauffer, author of The Black Hearts
of Men
"Mr. Newman's Love Canal is a superb history of what happened
before, during and after the weeks in 1978 when the area made
national headlines....His book is a wonderful study in 'contested
memories' and a sophisticated addition to American environmental
history."--The Wall Street Journal
"Love Canal challenges readers to think about long-term structural
problems that are place-specific and deeply historical...[Newman]
succeeds in revealing the public health fiasco as a powerful
example of persistent citizen activism in the face of government
complacency."--Science
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